# COMAR Title 15 — Maryland Department of Agriculture

## Subtitle 20 — Soil and Water Conservation

### Chapter 03 — Deferral of Mitigation of Nontidal Wetlands on Agricultural Land

#### Regulation .02 Petition to Defer Mitigation.

*COMAR 15.20.03.02*

Subject to the requirements of this chapter, a farm owner or operator may petition the Department for written permission to defer an applicable nontidal wetland mitigation component of a soil conservation and water quality plan on the grounds that mitigation will create an economic hardship that would jeopardize the continued operation of the farm.