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<section article="gnr" article_name="Natural Resources" number="8-2B-01" title_number="8" title_name="Waters" subtitle_number="2B" subtitle_name="Whole Watershed Restoration Partnership and Fund">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Action” means the installation, restoration, or enhancement of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A natural feature;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An activity related to the form and function of a natural feature; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Land conservation measures.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Action” includes the planning, design, engineering, drafting of legal instruments, and maintenance necessary to establish a natural feature, an activity related to the form and function of a natural feature, or land conservation measures.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Fund” means the Whole Watershed Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Overburdened community” has the meaning stated in § 1–701 of the Environment Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Partnership” means the Whole Watershed Restoration Partnership.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Project” means a collection of restoration and conservation actions coordinated by multiple entities to improve shallow water habitat.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Project sponsor” means the entity responsible for administering a project, including accounting for funds, coordinating partners and actions, and reporting outcomes.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Shallow water habitat” means the portion of the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays and their tributaries for which the State has adopted water quality criteria to support submerged aquatic vegetation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Shallow water habitat” includes the Susquehanna River and its tributaries within the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“State management team” means the representatives designated to administer the Partnership.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Underserved community” has the meaning stated in § 1–701 of the Environment Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
