Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 25, June 22, 2024
Section 9.194 - Land policy(a) The prevention of environmental pollution and protection of resource values in carbonate areas will require planning and regulatory controls which transcend a single concern for soils, water or minerals. In the long term, the encouragement of open space uses of carbonate areas may change to reflect the need for more intensive uses of specific resources. In order to evaluate the changing resource demands, protect environmental values, and prevent environmental hazards in carbonate terrain, environmentally sensitive land policy planning programs are needed at all levels of government.(b) It shall be the environmental policy of the Commonwealth to protect resource values and prevent environmental hazards in carbonate areas by supporting local, county, regional and State land planning efforts which minimize adverse environmental impacts of land use and resources management activities in carbonate terrain.