MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

1901

UTILITIES AND OTHER PUBLIC CAPITAL INVESTMENTS; (3) FLOOD
WATERS DISREGARD JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES; AND (4) THE
PUBLIC NECESSITATES MANAGEMENT OF WATERS AND FLOOD HAZARD
AREAS FOR THE OBJECTIVES OF PREVENTING AND ALLEVIATING
FLOOD THREATS TO LIFE AND HEALTH, REDUCING PRIVATE AND
PUBLIC ECONOMIC LOSSES, AND TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE,
PRESERVING THE BIOLOGICAL VALUES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE
LAND AND WATER RESOURCES.

(B) THE POLICY AND PURPOSES OF THIS SUBTITLE ARE
TO ASSIST IN THE GUIDANCE OF DEVELOPMENT TO MINIMIZE THE
IMPACTS OF FLOODING; TO DELINEATE INTERIM FLOOD HAZARD
AREAS AND DESIGNATE ALLOWABLE USES WITHIN; TO PROVIDE
STATE GUIDELINES AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS IN MANAGEMENT OF FLOOD HAZARD AREAS; TO
PROVIDE FOR COMPREHENSIVE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; TO
FACILITATE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS FOR FLOOD CONTROL;
TO ENCOURAGE AND PROVIDE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNITS TO
MANAGE FLOOD-PRONE LANDS IN A COMPREHENSIVE MANNER; AND
TO PROVIDE FOR THE BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
OF THE WATERSHEDS OF THE STATE.

8-9A03.

(A)    BY APRIL 1, 1977, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PREPARE
MAPS TO SHOW INTERIM FLOOD HAZARD AREAS.

(B)    IN PREPARING INTERIM FLOOD HAZARD AREA MAPS,
THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING FACTORS:

(1)    SOIL DATA.

(2)    MAPS OF FLOOD HAZARD AREAS PREPARED BY
THE FEDERAL INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION, THE U.S. SOIL
CONSERVATION SERVICE, THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS,
AND THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

(3)    HISTORICAL INFORMATION RELATING TO PRIOR
FLOODING.

(4)    IDENTIFICATION OF AREAS AS AREAS OF
TIDAL OR NONTIDAL INUNDATION.

(5)    ANY OTHER STUDIES PROVIDING PERTINENT
INFORMATION TO ASSIST IN THE MAP PREPARATION.

THE DEPARTMENT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
COORDINATING WITH THE FEDERAL INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION TO
[[ASSUME]] ASSURE CONSISTENCY IN THE MAPPING PROGRAMS OF
THE TWO AGENCIES.

(C)    THE DEPARTMENT SHALL FILE A COPY OF THE RAP OF
THE INTERIM FLOOD HAZARD AREA LYING WITHIN ANY
SUBDIVISION IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE APPROPRIATE
COUNTY OR OF BALTIMORE CITY IF THE AREA LIES WITHIN
BALTIMORE CITY. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PUBLISH A NOTICE OF
THE FILING IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE
COUNTY WHERE THE INTERIM FLOOD AREA LIES. THE NOTICE