HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(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 assure
consistency in the mapping programs of the two agencies.

(c)  When the Department determines that an accurate
map exists for an area, the Department shall file a copy of
the map 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 shall state the location
in the subdivision where the map shall be available for
viewing by the public. In addition, the Department shall
notify by first-class mail each owner shown on the tax
records as an owner of land lying within an interim flood
hazard area.

(d)  The Department shall hold a hearing in each county
where an interim flood hazard area lies. The Department
shall publish notice of each hearing in a newspaper of
general circulation within the appropriate subdivision, and
where the interim flood hazard area lies. After holding a
public hearing in each county where an interim flood hazard
area lies, the Department shall adopt each map as a rule or
regulation within six months of the date of hearing.

(e)  After adopting any interim flood hazard area map,
the Department may conspicuously mark in the field (1) the
location of the flood hazard area; and (2) other areas the
Department may deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of
this subtitle.]

[8-9A-04.

(a) Within one year after adoption of a map as a
regulation of the Department, the subdivision shall adopt
rules and regulations for governing uses within interim
flood hazard areas upon consideration of the following:

(1)  The availability of alternate locations for
the use;

(2)  The permanency of the use;

(3)  The effect of the use on planned development
of the area adjacent to it;

(4)  Whether the area is an area of tidal or
nontidal inundation;