500 



(j ) "Aquatic Animal Life" means all species of finfish, crabs, oysters, clams, terrapins, 

 lobsters, zooplankton and all other animal species that live or habitually reside in water. 



(k) "Aquatic Plant Life" means all species of plants that live in water. 



(I ) "Tidal Shore Land" means all land within the tidal region except submerged tidal land. 



(m) "Submerged Tidal Land" means all land lying under the tidal waters up to the means 

 high watermark. 



(n) "Project" means any work, service or activity which is determined by the Department 

 to be a separate entity for purposes of evaluation, except that it shall not include the taking of 

 aquatic animal life. 



(o) "Facility" means any real or personal property, structures thereon and improvements 

 thereof, except that it shall not include vessels. 



(p) "Structure" means any assembly of materials above or below the surface of land or 

 water, including but not limited to houses, buildings, plants, bulkheads, jetties, wharves, 

 piers, docks, landings, dams, and waterway obstructions. 



(q) "Development" means the division of land into two or more parcels, the construction, 

 reconstruction, conversion, structural alterations, relocation or enlargement of any structure, 

 or of any excavation or landfill, the filling of submerged land, and any change in the use of 

 any structure, or land, or extension of use of land. 



(r ) "Development Regulation" means all regulations which restrict the use and develop- 

 ment of land, including but not limited to zoning restrictions, subdivisions controls, master 

 plans and permits procedures placing restrictions on building, construction and filling. 



(s) "Filling" means either the displacement of the waters of the State either by the 

 deposition of sand, gravel, earth or other materials or the artificial alteration of the levels of 

 such waters by structures, drainage ditches or otherwise. 



(t ) "Vessel" means every description of watercraft capable of being used as a means of 

 transportation on water or on ice except that it shall not include watercraft moored in the waters 

 of the State at a stationary location on a semi-permanent or permanent basis or sea planes. 



(u) "Court" means the Circuit Court of a county or the Baltimore City Court. 



Part Two 

 Organization 



1.201 - Creation 



There is hereby created a Chesapeake Bay Basin Department, which shall be part of the 

 Department of Natural Resources. 



1 .202 - Director 



(a) The Governor shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Natural Re- 

 sources, a competent person with the qualifications prescribed herein as Director of the Chesa- 

 peake Bay Basin Department. The Director shall be the head of the Department and shall 

 personally direct its operations and activities. The Director shall be a person with executive 

 ability and experience, and shall have an academic degree and knowledge of the general prin- 

 ciples involved in the administration, improvement, planning, management and conservation of 

 the waters of the State and the resources of the tidal region. The Director shall devote his 

 full time to the work of the Department and shall receive such salary as may be provided in the 

 annual State Budget. The Director shall hold office under and subject to the provisions of Sec- 

 tion 234(c) of Article 41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended. 



