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2007 Laws of Maryland
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Ch. 122
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(9) (i) Specify that:
1. Environmental site design techniques are
the primary method for managing stormwater;
2. Standard best management practices may
be used only as a back up to catch runoff not dealt with through
environmental site design techniques; and
3. a developer has the burden of proof to
show that the use of environmental site design techniques is not
practical; and
(1) (i) establish a comprehensive process for
approving grading and sediment control plans and stormwater
management plans; and
(ii) Specify that the comprehensive process
established under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph takes into
account THE cumulative impacts of both plans.
(c) Before the regulations required under this subsection are final, the
Department shall hold at least one public hearing in the affected immediate
geographic areas of the State and shall consult with the affected counties and
municipalities.
(d) The Department shall provide technical assistance, training, research,
and coordination in stormwater management technology to the local governments
consistent with the purposes of this subtitle.
(e) on or before October 1, 2009, THE department shall
review the department's stormwater management fee system and
establish an appropriate schedule of fees necessary to enforce the
provisions of this subtitle.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That:
(a) The Department of the Environment shall evaluate options for a
stormwater management fee system and an appropriate schedule of fees necessary to
improve the enforcement of the provisions of Title 4, Subtitle 2 of the Environment
Article.
(b) On or before December 1, 2007, the Department shall report its findings
to the House Environmental Matters Committee and the Senate Education, Health,
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