# COMAR Title 08 — Department of Natural Resources

## Subtitle 18 — Boating — Speed Limits and Operation of Vessels

### Chapter 16 — Nanticoke River

**Authority:** Natural Resources Article, §§8-703 and 8-704, Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: February 3, 1992 (19:2 Md. R. 153)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 amended effective November 25, 2013 (40:23 Md. R. 1933)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .02 repealed and new Regulation .02 adopted effective May 24, 1993 (20:10 Md. R. 850)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .02 amended effective June 5, 1995 (22:11 Md. R. 819); November 25, 2013 (40:23 Md. R. 1933); April 13, 2026 (53:7 Md. R. 326)

#### Regulation .01 Nanticoke River.

*COMAR 08.18.16.01*

The Nanticoke River encompasses all the waters of the Nanticoke River and its tributaries north of a line beginning at a point at or near Lat. 38° 13.950’ N., Long. 75° 58.317’ W., then running 95° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 13.633’ N., Long. 75° 53.517’ W.

#### Regulation .02 Marshyhope Creek.

*COMAR 08.18.16.02*

A. Area. All of the waters upstream of a line beginning at a point at or near Lat. 38° 39.680' N., Long. 75° 47.815' W., then running 147° True to a point at or near Lat. 38° 39.653' N., Long. 75° 47.793' W.

B. The speed limit for the area described in §A of this regulation is 6 knots all year.