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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 08.19.04.11" title_num="08" subtitle_num="19" chapter_num="04" heading="Public Notice.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Department shall issue a public notice of an opportunity to submit written comments or to request a public hearing after the Department has determined that applications for the following are complete:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Forest conservation plan; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Submittal of a minor development project application.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The public notice shall contain:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The name and address of the applicant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A description of the nature and location of the proposed activity;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Instructions for submission of written comments, requests for a public hearing, and requests to be included on the interested persons list;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The expiration date for the opportunity to comment or to request a public information hearing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A statement that any further notices concerning actions on the application shall be provided only by mail to those persons on the interested persons list; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The name, address, and telephone number of an individual in the Department from whom information about the application may be obtained.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The public notice may be given by:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Joint notice with other federal, State, county, or municipal agencies;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Joint notice with other units or programs within the Department;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Selected mailing to federal, State, county, or municipal authorities and persons on the interested persons list;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Publication in a daily newspaper distributed in one or more counties which the Department determines may be directly affected by the proposed activity, or if there is no local daily newspaper, in a newspaper of general circulation in that county; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Publication in the Maryland Register under State Government Article, §7-214, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>