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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 08.13.02.04" title_num="08" subtitle_num="13" chapter_num="02" heading="Pollinator Friendly Designation.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A designation is valid for 2 years after the date of issuance.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The owner of a pollinator-friendly solar generation facility shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Properly maintain the facility in accordance with the facility’s approved pollinator habitat plan;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Comply with the conditions of the designation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Make the facility’s pollinator habitat plan available to the Maryland, DC, and Virginia Solar Energy Industries Association or other nonprofit solar industry trade associations; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Notify the Department of any change in contact information for the solar generation facility within 30 days of the change, on a form provided by the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Department may revoke a designation if the facility is not managed or maintained in accordance with:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A provision of Natural Resources Article, §3-303.1, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A provision of the facility’s approved pollinator habitat plan; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A condition of the designation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Renewal of a Designation.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A designation may be renewed in accordance with this section if the results of an on-site renewal inspection indicate that the facility:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Meets the minimum standards established on the Solar Site Pollinator Habitat Planning and Assessment Scorecard; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Is being managed in accordance with the approved pollinator habitat plan.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>To renew a pollinator-friendly designation, the owner of the solar generation facility shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Have an inspector complete an on-site renewal inspection of the facility;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Forward the results of the renewal inspection to the Department; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Submit a renewal request on a form provided by the Department.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A renewal request shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Be submitted within 90 days of the expiration of the designation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Include a Solar Site Pollinator Habitat Planning and Assessment Scorecard completed by the on-site renewal inspector; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Include a written evaluation by the inspector indicating the land is planted and managed in accordance with the facility’s approved pollinator habitat plan.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Pollinator Habitat Plan Modification.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Department may approve a modification to a solar generation facility’s pollinator habitat plan if the owner of a solar generation facility submits a written request to modify its pollinator habitat plan to the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Additional Information.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>If the Department requests an applicant to submit additional information related to the requested modification, the owner shall submit the requested information to the Department within 30 days of the Department’s request.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Failure to submit the additional information within 30 days of the Department’s request shall result in termination of the Department’s review of the requested modification.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>