# COMAR Title 15 — Maryland Department of Agriculture

## Subtitle 01 — Office of the Secretary

### Chapter 20 — Urban Agriculture Water and Power Infrastructure Grant Program

#### Regulation .10 Failure to Establish or Maintain Project or to Have or Comply with Nutrient Management Plan.

*COMAR 15.01.20.10*

A. If the applicant fails to establish, install, construct, or maintain the project in accordance with any agreement executed with the Department, that applicant shall be 	liable for the full amount of State cost-sharing funds paid for any practice that was not implemented or maintained. However, the applicant is not liable for inadequate maintenance or destruction of a best management practice if caused by an act of nature that could not be reasonably anticipated.

B. If the applicant is required to have a nutrient management plan under Agriculture Article, Title 8, Subtitle 8, Annotated Code of Maryland, and fails to obtain a nutrient management plan or to comply with this plan, the Department may require repayment of the cost-sharing funds it paid towards installation of the project.