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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="8-1003" title_number="8" title_name="Soil Conservation" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Maryland Agricultural Certainty Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a voluntary Maryland Agricultural Certainty Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The purpose of the Program is to accelerate the implementation of agricultural best management practices to meet State agricultural nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment reduction goals.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department shall develop the Program in coordination with the Department of the Environment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Program shall be self–sustaining and revenue neutral.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Shall administer the Program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>May establish by regulation reasonable fees sufficient to cover any costs incurred in operating the Program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
