Clarifying provisions relating to the duties of operators of vessels
with respect to the overboard discharge of treated and untreated
sewage into the waters of the State; increasing the maximum amount of
the penalty for violations of specified provisions to $10,000;
authorizing specified officers to enforce specified provisions of law
and to inspect specified vessels; and requiring the State to initiate
a process with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to designate
Maryland waters as a no-discharge zone.