1.       Constructing buildings;

2.       Mining minerals;

3.      Developing golf courses; and

4.      Constructing roads and installing utilities.

(2) (i) Before any person begins any construction, the appropriate
approval authority shall first receive, review, and approve the proposed earth change and
the sediment control plan.

authority is:

(ii) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the approval

1.        The appropriate soil conservation district;

2.        Any municipality not within a soil conservation district; [or]

3.        If a State or federal unit undertakes any construction, the
Department; OR

4.        FOR ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION PROJECTS
CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES PURSUANT TO TITLE
7, SUBTITLES 5, 5A, AND 9 OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES ARTICLE, THE DEPARTMENT
OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

(III) CRITERIA USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES FOR REVIEW AND APPROVALS UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (II)4 OF THIS
PARAGRAPH:

1.        SHALL MEET OR EXCEED CURRENT MARYLAND
STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL; OR

2.        IF ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS ARE APPLIED, SHALL BE
REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

(3) A person may not begin or perform any construction unless the person:

(i) Obtains an approved sediment control plan;

(ii) Implements the measures contained in the approved sediment
control plan;

(iii) Conducts the construction as specified in the sequence of
construction contained in the approved sediment control plan;

(iv) Maintains the provisions of the approved sediment control plan;
and

(v) Implements any sediment control measures reasonably necessary
to control sediment runoff.

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Ch. 454

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND