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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor S.B. 247
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(2) A PROVISION APPLYING BUFFER REQUIREMENTS TO TRIBUTARY
STREAMS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CRITICAL AREA AND WITHIN THE ATLANTIC
COASTAL BAYS WATERSHED THAT ARE NOTED AS PERENNIAL AND INTERMITTENT
STREAMS IN THE ATLANTIC COASTAL BAYS WATERSHED THAT ARE SO NOTED ON
THE MOST RECENT U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 7-1/2 MINUTE TOPOGRAPHIC
QUADRANGLE MAPS (SCALE 1:24,000) OR ON MORE DETAILED MAPS OR STUDIES AT
THE DISCRETION OF THE LOCAL JURISDICTION: AND
(3) TO THE EXTENT OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW, A PROVISION
REGARDING IMPROVEMENTS OVER STATE OR PRIVATE WETLANDS, INCLUDING
CRITERIA FOR THE PROTECTION OF WATER QUALITY AND FISH, WILDLIFE, AND
PLANT HABITATS, AND THE USE AND CONSTRUCTION OF PRIVATE AND COMMUNITY
PIERS IN THE LOCAL JURISDICTION.
(D) ON REQUEST. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ASSIST A LOCAL JURISDICTION
IN THE PREPARATION OF:
(1) ANY MORE DETAILED MAPS OR STUDIES NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT
THE BUFFER PROVISIONS UNDER SUBSECTION (C)(2) OF THIS SECTION: AND
(2) THE WETLAND PROTECTION PROVISIONS UNDER SUBSECTION (C)(3)
OF THIS SECTION.
(E) IF A LOCAL JURISDICTION ADOPTS PROVISIONS CONSISTENT WITH
SUBSECTION (C)(2) OF THIS SECTION, AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES ARE PERMITTED
IN THE BUFFER OUTSIDE THE CRITICAL AREA AND IN THE ATLANTIC COASTAL BAYS
WATERSHED THAT ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE 27 OF THE CODE OF MARYLAND
REGULATIONS UNDER AN APPROVED SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATER QUALITY
PLAN.
(B) THE PROVISIONS UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE IN
ADDITION TO THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS OF TITLE 27 OF THE
CODE OF MARYLAND REGULATIONS AND TITLE 1, SUBTITLE 3 OF THE ENVIRONMENT
ARTICLE.
8-1808.9.
(A) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION APPLY TO A LOCAL JURISDICTION
THAT IS LOCATED IN THE ATLANTIC COASTAL BAYS WATERSHED AND NOT IN THE
ATLANTIC COASTAL BAYS CRITICAL AREA.
(B) ON OR BEFORE JULY 15, 2002, A LOCAL JURISDICTION SUBJECT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL SUBMIT TO THE COMMISSION A WRITTEN
STATEMENT OF ITS INTENT EITHER:
(1) TO ADOPT PROVISIONS REQUIRING A MINIMUM APPLYING A BUFFER
OF 25 FEET AND APPLYING THE REQUIREMENTS OF TITLE 27 OF THE CODE OF
MARYLAND REGULATIONS TO PERENNIAL AND INTERMITTENT STREAMS THAT ARE
WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE LOCAL JURISDICTION AND ARE NOTED ON THE
MOST RECENT U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 7-1/2 MINUTE TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE
MAPS (SCALE 1:24,000) OR ON MORE DETAILED MAPS OR STUDIES AT THE DISCRETION
OF THE LOCAL JURISDICTION; OR
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