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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 08.02.01.09" title_num="08" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="01" heading="Dividing Lines; Tidal and Nontidal Waters.">
  <text>The following boundaries are designated as official dividing lines for tidal and nontidal waters. These boundary lines are for the purpose of delineating those areas in which nontidal fishing licenses or Chesapeake Bay and coastal sport fishing licenses are required and tidal or nontidal fishing regulations apply, and have no other legal significance.</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Harford County.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Winter's Run: dam located 1/2 mile south of Maryland Route 7, the Old Philadelphia Road.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Bynum Run: Old Philadelphia Road Bridge on Maryland Route 7.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>James Run: Old Philadelphia Road Bridge on Maryland Route 7.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Deer Creek: Railroad bridge located at the mouth of Deer Creek.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Gray's Run: CSX Railroad crossing upstream of U.S. 40.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Swan Creek: bridge on Old Post Road.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Baltimore County.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Big Gunpowder Falls: 3/4 of a mile south of Maryland Route 7, the Old Philadelphia Road at B&amp;O Railroad Bridge.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Little Gunpowder Falls: 3/4 of a mile south of Maryland Route 7, the Old Philadelphia Road at B&amp;O Railroad Bridge.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Stemmers Run: Golden Ring Road Bridge.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Stansbury Park Pond: base of dam.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Baltimore and Howard Counties. Patapsco River: B&amp;O Viaduct at Relay.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Anne Arundel and Prince George's Counties.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Patuxent River:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Mainstem: bridge on Maryland Route 214;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Lyons Creek: Maryland Route 4;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Stocketts Run: confluence with the river;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Rock Run: confluence with the river;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Ferry Branch: confluence with the river.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Severn River: bridge on Maryland Route 3.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Furnace Branch: Maryland Route 2.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Anacostia River: Northeast Branch Bridge at northbound lane of Alternate U.S. Route 1, Bladensburg Road; Northwest Branch Bridge at southbound lane of Rhode Island Avenue.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Marley Creek: Maryland Route 10.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Magothy River: Catherine Avenue.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>South River and its tributaries:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>North River: Rutland Road;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Bacon Ridge Branch: Chesterfield Road;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Beards Creek: Maryland Route 214;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Broad Creek: Harry S Truman Parkway.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Charles, Montgomery, and Prince George's Counties.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Potomac River: man-made dam at Little Falls.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Piscataway Creek: bridge on Maryland Route 224 (Livingston Road).</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Henson Run: bridge on Old Broad Creek Road.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Western Branch: bridge on Maryland Route 4.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Nanjemoy Creek:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Mainstem: Maryland Route 6;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Mill Run (Burgess Cr.): Maryland Route 6;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Hill Top Fork: Maryland Route 6;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Wards Run: Maryland Route 6.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Wicomico River: Allens Fresh, bridge on Maryland Route 234.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Port Tobacco Creek: bridge on Maryland Route 6.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Mattawoman Creek: bridge on Maryland Route 225.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Patuxent River:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Swanson Creek: Maryland Route 381;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Mataponi Creek: St. Thomas Church Road;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Spice Creek: Maryland Route 382, Croom Road;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Full Mill Branch: Maryland Route 382, Croom Road;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Black Swamp Creek: Maryland Route 382, Croom Road.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Pomonkey Creek: Fenwick Road.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Hoghole Run: Maryland Route 6.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>Oxen Creek (Run): Maryland Route 210.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Kent and Queen Anne's Counties.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Chester River: 500 yards upstream from the Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge at Millington at the point where the Cypress Branch empties into the Chester River.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Unicorn Branch: the U.S. Geological Survey weir just east of Maryland Route 313.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Sassafras River: Maryland Route 299.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Herring Branch: Maryland Route 299.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Morgan Creek: Wallis Road.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Red Lion Branch: confluence with the Chester River.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Wye East River: Wye Mills Lake dam.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Caroline County.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Choptank River: bypass bridge on Maryland Route 313 on the outskirts of Greensboro.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Tuckahoe Creek: abandoned stone railroad bridge upstream of Maryland Route 404.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Watt's Creek: bridge on American Legion Road.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Fowling Creek: wooden bridge on Stratum Road about 1 mile below Maryland Route 16.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Chapel Branch: Maryland Route 313 near Piney Grove Church.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Marshy Hope Creek: confluence with Faulkner Branch.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Mill Creek: Maryland Route 16.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Hunting Creek: Maryland Route 331.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>Wicomico and Worcester Counties.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Pocomoke River: bridge on Whiton Crossing, 3 miles south of Powellville.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Wicomico River: Isabella Street in Salisbury.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Beaverdam Creek: dam just upstream of U.S. Route 13 (Business).</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Nassawango Creek: Furnace Road.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Barren Creek: U.S. Route 50 Bridge</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>St. Mary's County.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Park Hall Run: Maryland Route 5.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>McIntosh Run: Maryland Route 5.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Great Mills Run: bridge on Maryland Route 5.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Town Run: bridge on Maryland Route 5.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Chaptico Run: Chaptico Bridge on Maryland Route 234.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Eastern Branch: Maryland Route 5.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Dynard Run: Maryland Route 242.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Tomakokin Creek: Maryland Route 470.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Buds Creek: Maryland Route 234.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Gilbert Swamp Run: Maryland Route 234.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>St. Clements Creek: Maryland Route 234, bridge at town of Clements.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>Calvert County.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>St. Leonard's Creek: Parran Road.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Battle Creek: bridge about 2 miles east of Bowens (Sixes Road).</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Parker's Creek: Maryland Route 765.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Hunting Creek: bridge on Maryland Route 263 about 100 yards west of Maryland Route 4.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Hall's Creek: Bridge on Maryland Route 4.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Lyons Creek: Bridge on Maryland Route 4.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Fishing Creek: 1-1/2 miles upstream from the mouth of the creek at Chesapeake Beach.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Plum Point Creek: bridge on Maryland Route 263.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Mills Creek: Maryland Route 760.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Hellen Creek: Mill Branch Road, near Solomons.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Island Creek: Ross Road, near Brooms Island.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>St. Johns Creek: Maryland Route 4.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>Quaker Swamp: Maryland Routes 2 and 4.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="K.">
    <text>Susquehanna River. Conowingo Dam at U.S. Route 1.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="L.">
    <text>Cecil County.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Octoraro Creek: bridge on U.S. Route 222.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Rock Run: confluence with the Susquehanna River.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Mill Creek: Old Elk Neck Road.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Principio Creek: Amtrak crossing below Maryland Route 7.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>North East River: Maryland Route 7.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Little Elk Creek: U.S. Route 40.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Big Elk Creek: Maryland Route 213.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Bohemia River: Telegraph Road.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Happy Valley Branch: confluence with Susquehanna River.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="M.">
    <text>Dorchester County.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Chicamicomico River: U.S. Route 50.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Transquaking River: dam at Higgins Mill Pond.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>