HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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information and the drafting of local regulatory measures as
required by this section.]

[8-9A-05]8-9A-03.

(a)  By [January 1, 1977,] JULY 1, 1981 the Department,
after consultation with and consideration of[,]
recommendations submitted by subdivisions and the
departments of State Planning and Agriculture, shall divide
the State into watersheds for the purpose of flood control
planning and management and establish a schedule for
completion of studies of all watersheds.

(b)  The Department, in cooperation, with the
subdivisions and the departments of State Planning and
Agriculture, shall conduct studies of the watersheds which
shall define at least (1) the existing magnitude and
frequency of flood events, (2) THE magnitude and frequency
of flood events based on planned development, and (3)
alternative management techniques according to their
effectiveness in controlling floods and minimizing flood
damage. The studies shall address at least the 100-year
flood event.

(c)  As a part of the study undertaken under subsection
(b), the Department shall delineate the flood hazard areas
on maps showing areas of tidal and nontidal inundation. [The
Department shall publish and adopt the flood hazard area
maps pursuant to the same procedures of § 8-9A03 for
publishing and adopting the interim flood hazard area maps.
When adopted, the flood hazard area maps shall supersede the
interim flood hazard area maps. Each subdivision shall adopt
rules and regulations governing uses within flood hazard
areas, pursuant to § 8-9A-04 of this subtitle.]

(d)  Each subdivision, in cooperation with the
departments of Natural Resources, State Planning,
Agriculture, and other appropriate State agencies shall
prepare a flood management plan based upon an evaluation of
the alternative management techniques and other findings [as
provided in] INCLUDED IN STUDIES CONDUCTED UNDER subsection
(b). Each flood mangement plan shall be consistent with the
purposes and provisions of this subtitle.

Management techniques may include:

(1)  Flood control dams;

(2)  Levees and dikes;

[(3) Floodways;]

[(4)](3) Stormwater detention or retention
structures;

[(5)](4) Flood warning systems;