1588                            JOINT RESOLUTIONS

gomery County Sediment Control Program with the cooperation of
the Montgomery County Soil Conservation District; and

Whereas, The sailent features of the Montgomery County plan
are as follows:

1.    The approval of preliminary subdivision plans, or extensions
of previously approved plans, is conditioned upon the execution by
the subdivider of erosion and sediment control measures adopted by
the Planning Board following recommendations from the County Soil
Conservation District.

2.    One copy of each approved preliminary plan is referred to
County Soil Conservation District for review and recommendation
on adequate erosion and sediment control measures to prevent dam-
age to other properties.

3.    The installation and maintenance of the required erosion and
sediment measures is carried out in accordance with standards and
specifications on file with the County Soil Conservation District.

4.    Permits for clearing and grading prior to the recordation of
plats are obtained from the Department of Public Works subject to
the granting of temporary easements and other conditions deemed
necessary by the Department in order to inspect and enforce the
performance of the specified erosion and sediment control measures
provided for in (1) above.

5.    In the event the subdivider proceeds to clear and grade prior
to recording of plats, without satisfying the conditions of (4) above,
the Planning Board may revoke the approval of the preliminary plan
or extension of the previously approved plan; and

Whereas, The saving of suburbia's soil is equally as important
as conservation of the soil in farming districts; and

Whereas, Harford County is in the throes of conversion from the
agricultural use of land to the intensive subdivision development of
land, and the stripping away of turf and the exposure of top soil to
the elements is becoming an increasingly serious problem which
requires solutions; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the County
Commissioners of Harford County are requested to review the Mont-
gomery County Sediment Control Program for the purpose of de-
termining the desirability of adopting such a program in Harford
County to regulate and control the erosion of the soil resulting from
intensive subdivision development; and be it further

Resolved, That copies of this Resolution are sent to the Members
of the Board of County Commissioners of Harford County and to
the Director of Administration of the County.

Approved April 10, 1968.