Md. Code Regs. 27.02.07.02

Current through Register Vol. 52, No. 1, January 10, 2025

Section 27.02.07.02 - [Effective 1/20/2025] Additional Critical Area Requirements for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

In accordance with COMAR 20.79.01, an applicant for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity shall include within its environmental review document or on a site plan all of the following information:

A. The Critical Area boundary and Critical Area classification of the project site;

B. The project area and limits of disturbance of the proposed project inside the Critical Area;

C. The acreage inside the Critical Area and a breakdown of acreages for each Critical Area designation when there is more than one Critical Area designation on a project site;

D. Field determination of the buffer in accordance with all provisions in COMAR 27.01.09.01;

E. The identification and location of habitat protection areas in COMAR 27.01.09.03-.05;

F. Field determination of forest within 300 feet beyond the landward boundary of tidal waters or a tidal wetland, or the edge of each bank of a tributary stream in accordance with COMAR 27.01.14.05B;

G. The identification and location of existing and proposed lot coverage as defined in Natural Resources Article, § 8-1802, Annotated Code of Maryland, and consistent with COMAR 27.01.14.04B;

H. The identification and location of areas with steep slopes of 15 percent or greater;

I. The identification and location of each existing or proposed mitigation area and the corresponding planting plan required to address the project's impact on forest, developed woodland, buffer, or other habitat protection area;

J. For a project on locally owned land or privately owned lands, calculations demonstrating compliance with the Critical Area stormwater pollutant reduction requirements of COMAR 27.01.02.03;

K. Information demonstrating compliance with notice requirements of COMAR 27.03.01.03;

L. For State agency projects on State-owned lands, information demonstrating compliance with COMAR 27.02.05.02A; and

M. When applicable, for a project located in a resource conservation area, information demonstrating compliance with COMAR 27.01.14.02-1.

Md. Code Regs. 27.02.07.02

Regulation .02 amended effective 48:5 Md. R. 218, eff. 3/8/2021; recodified to.02-1 effective 48:18 Md. R. 694, eff. 9/6/2021; amended effective 52:1 Md. R. 1-46, eff. 1/20/2025.