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<section article="gnr" article_name="Natural Resources" number="8-203.1" title_number="8" title_name="Waters" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Conservation and Management of State Waters -- in General">
  <text>The Secretary:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Using eligible funding sources, may purchase environmental outcomes, as defined in § 8–2A–01 of this title, that provide for cost–effective long–term or permanent green or blue infrastructure projects that:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>Improve the water quality of Maryland’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Are located in the Susquehanna River watershed; and</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Shall consult with the secretary of the environmental agency of the state in which the project is located to ensure that:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>The state supports the project; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>For the purchased environmental outcomes, there is mutual agreement as to the allocation of credits to the Chesapeake Bay total maximum daily load’s watershed implementation plans.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
