Ch. 540

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(3) Management techniques shall include flood warning
systems.

(h) There is a comprehensive flood management grant program
within the Department of Natural Resources.

(7)  Before making a grant, the Department, in
cooperation with the [Department] OFFICE 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.

(8)  The Department, in consultation with the
[Department] OFFICE 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.

(9)  Each project application shall be submitted to
and reviewed by the State clearinghouse of the [Department]
OFFICE of [State] Planning in accordance with established
clearinghouse procedures.

8-1102.

(a) For the purposes of maintaining the Atlantic Coast
beaches of the State and the Beach Erosion Control District, the
integrity and continuity of the dunal system and assuring
adequate maintenance thereof, to provide for shore erosion and
sediment control and storm protection, and to minimize structural
interference with the littoral drift of sand and any anchoring
vegetation, any land clearing, construction activity, or the
construction or placement of permanent structures within the
Beach Erosion Control District is prohibited. This prohibition
does not apply to any project or activity approved by the
Department of Natural Resources and the appropriate soil
conservation district specifically for storm control; beach
erosion and sediment control; maintenance projects designed to
benefit the Beach Erosion Control District; and a planned public

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