Ch. 578                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Environment
Section 4-203

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Environment

4-203.

(a)  The Department of the Environment shall implement the
provisions of this subtitle and shall consult the Department of
Natural Resources from time to time concerning the impact of
stormwater on waters of the State.

(b)  By July 1, 1983, the Department shall adopt rules and
regulations which establish criteria and procedures for
stormwater management in Maryland. The rules and regulations
shall:

(1)  Indicate that the primary goal of the State and
local programs will be to maintain after development, as nearly
as possible, the predevelopment runoff characteristics;

(2)  Make allowance for the difference in hydrologic
characteristics and stormwater management needs of different
parts of the State;

(3)  Specify that watershed-wide analyses may be
necessary to prevent undesirable downstream effects of increased
stormwater runoff;

(4)  Specify the exemptions a county or municipality
may grant from the requirements of submitting a stormwater
management plan; [and]

(5)  Specify the minimum content of the local
ordinances or the rules and regulations of the affected county
governing body to be adopted which may be done by inclusion of a
model ordinance or model rules and regulations[.]; AND

(6)  INDICATE THAT WATER QUALITY PRACTICES MAY BE
REQUIRED FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT REDEVELOPMENT, EVEN WHEN
PREDEVELOPMENT RUNOFF CHARACTERISTICS ARE MAINTAINED.

(c)  Before the regulations required under this subsection
are final, the Department shall hold at least one public hearing

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