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<section article="gnr" article_name="Natural Resources" number="8-2A-05" title_number="8" title_name="Waters" subtitle_number="2A" subtitle_name="Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund">
  <level label="a">
    <text>As part of the Department’s Chesapeake Bay Mainstem and Tidal Water Quality Monitoring Program, the Department shall conduct long–term sample collection in tributaries located on the lower Eastern Shore.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>At a minimum, the Department shall regularly collect samples from each of the following locations:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Stations TRQ0088 and TRQ0146, located in the Transquaking River;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Station CCM0069, located in the Chicamacomico River;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Station XDJ9007, located in the Nanticoke River;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Station XCI4078, located in the Wicomico River;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Stations BXK0031 and MNK0146, located in the Manokin River; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Stations POK0087 and XAK7810, located in the Pocomoke River.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>To the extent practicable, water quality monitoring carried out under this section shall be done in locations where water quality monitoring was conducted prior to December 1, 2013, in order to allow the Department and the public to assess long–term water quality trends.</text>
  </level>
</section>
