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management capital project which meets the criteria of this
subtitle.

[(5)] (6) To receive a grant, the subdivision must
participate in the national flood insurance program.

[(6)] (7) Before making a grant, the Department, in
cooperation with the Department of State Planning, shall review
the flood control and watershed management operations of the
applicant subdivision to assure that they are in compliance with
this subtitle.

[(7)] (8) The Department, in consultation with the
Department of State Planning, shall promulgate rules and
regulations necessary for the administration of the grant
program. These rules and regulations may include:

(i) A determination of statewide and
interjurisdictional needs and priorities;

(ii) Standards of eligibility for applicants
and projects;

(iii) Criteria for recognition of tidal and
nontidal areas;

(iv) Engineering and economic standards and
alternatives; and

(v) Procedures for filing and processing
contents of applications.

[(8)] (9) Each project application shall be submitted
to and reviewed by the State clearinghouse of the Department of

State Planning in accordance with established clearinghouse
procedures.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986.

Approved May 13, 1986.