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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="18-101" title_number="18" title_name="Stream and Floodplain Restoration Projects" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Limit of clearing” means the boundaries within which planned cutting, clearing, or grubbing of vegetation associated with stream restoration will occur.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Limit of disturbance” means the boundary within which additional construction, materials and equipment storage, grading, landscaping, and related activities may occur.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An applicant seeking an authorization for a stream and floodplain restoration project in the State shall be subject to the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A project applicant shall provide public notice at 30% design completion, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Mailing written notice to any residence or business within a radius of 200 feet of the proposed project area’s boundary; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Posting notice at points of public access to the project.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The public notice required under this subsection shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Information on the project applicant applying for project authorization, including contact information for the applicant;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The purpose of the project; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>If applicable, information about the public meeting under subsection (d) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The provisions of this subsection do not apply if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The project applicant is an individual;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The proposed project is sited on the individual’s property; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>No residence, other than the individual’s residence, or business is located within a radius of 200 feet from the project boundary.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A project applicant shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Hold an in–person public meeting that includes an option for virtual attendance;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Take meeting minutes and record the meeting;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Present:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The project design report and plans;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>A forest stand delineation;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>The Department’s Stream Restoration Authorization Checklist; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>A separate sheet with the design drawings clearly identifying:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>The limit of clearing, if any;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>The limit of disturbance; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="C">
          <text>To the extent practicable, notation where additional trees are planned to be removed; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Post the documents and meeting minutes on the project applicant’s website.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A project applicant shall hold the public meeting required under this subsection when the project design is 60% complete.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A project applicant shall submit to the Department all relevant documents as part of the application and review process, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The project design report and drawings, including a sheet clearly identifying:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The limit of clearing, if any; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The limit of disturbance;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The forest stand delineation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Responses to the Department’s Stream Restoration Authorization Checklist;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The meeting minutes and, if feasible, the recording from the public meeting conducted in accordance with subsection (d) of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Any other documents or information requested by the Department.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The provisions of this subsection do not apply if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The project applicant is an individual;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The proposed project is sited on the individual’s property; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>No residence, other than the individual’s residence, or business is located within a radius of 200 feet from the project boundary.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within 24 hours after submitting an application to the Department, a project applicant shall post on its website:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Notice that it has submitted an application;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The date of submission of the application; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A copy of the application.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
