# COMAR Title 14 — Independent Agencies

## Subtitle 29 — Maryland Heritage Areas Authority

### Chapter 05 — Procedures for Reviewing Complaints

#### Regulation .03 Submission of Complaints.

*COMAR 14.29.05.03*

A. A local jurisdiction or a heritage area management entity may submit to the Authority a complaint concerning activities undertaken by an agency or unit of State Government if the undertaking has an adverse effect, or has the potential to have an adverse effect, upon a natural, recreational, cultural, or historic resource located within a certified heritage area that is located within the local jurisdiction or for which heritage area management entity is responsible.

B. A complaint shall:

  (1) Be in writing;

  (2) Be submitted to the Administrator;

  (3) Identify the certified heritage area;

  (4) Identify the agency or unit of State Government that is undertaking or has undertaken the activity and the nature of the activity;

  (5) Identify the heritage area resource that is subject to the adverse effect;

  (6) Describe the adverse effect; and

  (7) Identify any law, rule, or regulation that the agency or unit of State Government may be in violation of in undertaking the activity.