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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 26.22.01.04" title_num="26" subtitle_num="22" chapter_num="01" heading="Contents of Application.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A person proposing to construct a facility in the coastal area shall file a written application with the Department.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The application shall contain the information set forth in this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The application shall contain the applicant's name and business address, and the name, title, and business address of the person or persons authorized to act on behalf of the applicant for the purposes of the application.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The application shall contain a summary description of the project including the purpose of the facility, location, design and operating features, provisions to mitigate aesthetic and environmental impacts, preliminary construction cost figures, and general schedules for the engineering, construction, and activation phases of the project.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The application shall contain general engineering descriptions for all proposed structures.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The application shall contain maps displaying the project as follows:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A county-wide map at a scale of 1 inch to 1 mile (1:63,360); this map shall include the number of grids in the Maryland Automated Geographic Information System pertaining to the project site;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A project location map drawn on a current 7.5 minute topographic quadrangle sheet;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A tax map showing the site by block and lot numbers, the block and lot numbers and acreage of lots within 200 feet of the site shall be included; the names and addresses of the owners of these adjacent lots shall be listed on a separate sheet;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>An existing site conditions map as follows:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A topographic map and hydrographic chart, if applicable, of the site and its surroundings to a distance of 1,000 feet, prepared at a scale no smaller than 1 inch equals 200 feet, with contour levels for the site portion of the map at intervals not greater than 5 feet;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The map shall be accompanied by appropriate text identifying and describing the following items:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Boundary lines of the site, with bearings and distances;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>General topography and natural features;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Existing structures and land uses, including open space, within 1,000 feet of the site;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Existing easements on and within 1,000 feet of the site, with their location, width, purpose, and ownership:</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Total acreage of the project site and acreage of the contiguous property owned or controlled by the applicant, if the project for which the permit application is made includes only part of this property;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vi)">
          <text>Provisions of municipal zoning ordinances, municipal and county master plans, county water and sewer and solid waste plans, State water quality management plans, transportation and school construction plans, solid waste, critical areas, and official maps applicable to the site and the area within 1,000 feet of the site;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vii)">
          <text>Public and private wetlands as defined by Environment Article, §16-101, Annotated Code of Maryland, publicly owned lands, flood plains as defined by 24 CFR §1909.1, and forested lands.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>The application shall contain a completed Board of Public Works master application form if the application is filed in accordance with the Consolidated Permit Procedures of Article 78A, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>The application shall contain a detailed project description as follows:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A conceptual design including maps, diagrams, and engineering descriptions of each structure; the conceptual design shall contain the following information:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The number of acres of the project site owned, leased, or held under option or other similar arrangement;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Existing and proposed buildings, major accessory structures and total land required;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Existing and proposed roads and other transportation facilities such as railroads, entranceways, parking and loading areas, piers, wharves, boat landings, and other port facilities;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Existing and proposed gas and electric utility, drainage, and other rights-of-way other than roads;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Project landscaping features;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Soil erosion and sedimentation control measures;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Storm water management techniques;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Improvements to the site and adjacent land including dredging and soil disposal activities; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>If the project is to be developed in phases, a description of each of the prospective development stages;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Descriptions and general estimates of construction costs, the construction schedule, and construction methods including the following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The total estimated capital cost of the facility;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The number and types of firms and individuals to be employed during construction, estimates of the total construction materials and payroll, and the value of construction materials and services to be purchased in Maryland;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The construction timetable for each major component and for the total project;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The approximate dates construction will begin and end;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>The construction and building techniques including procedures to be taken before or during construction of proposed facilities such as relocation of homes and commercial or industrial facilities, clearing, surveying, and environmental planning;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A description of the operations of the completed facility including the following items:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A description of the industrial operations;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The goods and services to be produced including the dollar value of goods and services if known;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Estimated annual payroll of the facility; if the facility operations will increase on a phased basis, state the total estimated payroll at each phase;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Estimated effect of the facility upon State, county, and local taxes and depreciation rates for the facility;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>For both the construction and operational phases of the project, the method of transportation (pipeline, rail, water, air, or highway) for moving materials, equipment, and products to and from the facility and the expected size and weight of trucks and volume of daily truck and auto traffic;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>New transportation facilities (pipelines, roads, rail lines, airports, port facilities) required as a result of construction and operation of facility;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>The type of power and fuels to be used during facility operations;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>The type and estimated amount of solid and liquid waste to be produced by facility construction and operation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>A description of the number and type of employees including:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The total number of employees; if the facility operations will increase on a phased basis, state the total for each phase;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The largest number of employees on a single shift;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>If employment will be seasonal, the estimated number of seasonal employees at the peak season; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>The estimated percentage of permanent, and temporary, employees to be hired locally;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(j)">
        <text>The estimated annual amount and dollar value of supplies and services to be purchased in the State during operations;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(k)">
        <text>Expected date operations will begin;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(l)">
        <text>Safety provisions for emergency access by police, fire protection, and ambulance services;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(m)">
        <text>Operating requirements of the facility including an explanation of how the following requirements will be met:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Electricity and other energy demands;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Surface, or ground water, or both;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Shoreline access; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Municipal facility improvements and interconnections including water, sewers, highways, and fire services;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Special facility characteristics including the following information;</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>For pipelines:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Starting point;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Terminus;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Route;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Diameter;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Total daily throughput capacity;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vi)">
          <text>Anticipated operating capacity;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vii)">
          <text>Materials to be transported;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(viii)">
          <text>Operating pressures and temperature;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ix)">
          <text>Location of pumping stations;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(x)">
          <text>Sources of materials to be handled; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(xi)">
          <text>Destination of materials to be handled;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>For intermediate production terminals:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Type and industrial purpose of project;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Total daily throughput capacity;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Anticipated operating capacity;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Materials to be handled;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Source, destination, and end use of materials to be handled;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>For crude oil storage facilities:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Total capacity of structures; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Source, destination, and end use of materials to be handled;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>For an operations base:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Total warehouse area, and office area;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Materials to be handled;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Source, destination, and end use of materials to be handled;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Port, highway, and rail traffic estimates; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Operating procedures;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>For fabrication yards:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Source of major materials;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Destination of finished items;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Number of structures to be constructed at one time in the facility;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Port, highway, and rail traffic estimate;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Operating procedures to be employed in the facility;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vi)">
          <text>Industrial techniques to be employed in the facility; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vii)">
          <text>Provisions for health, safety, general welfare, and pollution containment including written and schematic information on provisions for occupational safety, fire prevention systems, and pollution containment systems including oil containment capability, water pollution containment capability, and air pollution prevention capacity.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>The application shall contain, for both the construction and operation phases of the project, an identification of potential sources of impacts, including noise, visual, air and water pollution, and other environmental impacts caused by the project.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>The application shall contain a summary of the probable impacts of the project in at least the following areas:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Geology and soils of the site and surrounding region;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Hydrology of the site and surrounding region;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Vegetation of the site and surrounding region;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Fish, shellfish, and wildlife of the site and surrounding region;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Historic, archeological, and cultural resources of the surrounding regions;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Air quality;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="K.">
    <text>The application shall contain a description of the status of all required federal licenses, permits, and other approvals, with attached supporting material, if appropriate.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="L.">
    <text>The application shall contain a discussion of the need for the facility in the light of feasible alternatives available to the applicant, concerning, in particular:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The demand for the goods and services to be provided by the facility, including a discussion of the means employed to determine present and future demands;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The need for the construction of this particular facility, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>An inventory of similar existing facilities operated by or available to the applicant within a reasonable service region and a determination of their available capacity and anticipated expansion of capacity, if any; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A documentation of why this identified available capacity or expansion of capacity will not suffice to meet the demand for the service to be provided by the proposed facility;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Alternatives to the facility, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A concise description of economically and environmentally feasible alternative facilities, facility locations, and industrial processes available to the applicant;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages, in terms of operating requirements, employment levels, pollution loads, environmental quality costs, and economic impact on local government of each identified alternative; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A comparison of the proposed facility with each of the alternatives identified including an analysis of the environmental and economic advantages and disadvantages of each alternative.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="M.">
    <text>Completed Application Forms for Licenses or Permits.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Copies of the following completed application forms for licenses or permits shall be attached if they have been completed:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Public and private wetlands;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Oil handler's;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Surface water appropriations;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Ground water appropriations;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Waterway construction and obstruction;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Water discharge (MPDES); and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>All other applicable State permits.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Application forms completed after initiation of procedures pursuant to these regulations shall be forwarded at the time of completion.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="N.">
    <text>The applicant shall furnish any other information determined by the Department to be necessary for processing the application.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="O.">
    <text>The applicant shall certify that all the information contained in the application is true, complete, and accurate to the best of the applicant's knowledge.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>