Maps of areas designated as nontidal wetlands of special State concern shall be maintained by the Department and available for public review. Areas designated as nontidal wetlands of special State concern are listed below: Site Name U.S.G.S Quad Name A. Allegany County. (1) Fifteenmile Creek Macrosite Artemas (2) Little Knob Seep Evitts Creek (3) Long Pond Artemas (4) Murley Branch Spring Flintstone (5) North Branch Bottomland Patterson Creek (6) Pinto Marsh Cresaptown (7) Potomac Bends Wildland Paw Paw (8) Selinger Marsh Flintstone (9) Sideling Hill Creek Macrosite Bellegrove (10) Spring Gap Bottomland Patterson Creek (11) West Fairplay Paw Paw B. Anne Arundel County. (1) Benfield Bottomland Odenton (2) Conrail/Patuxent River Laurel (3) Fort George G. Meade Laurel, Odenton (4) Freetown Swamp Curtis Bay (5) Gumbottom Wetland Round Bay (6) Jabez Branch Odenton (7) John Wesley Church Site Round Bay (8) Little Patuxent Oxbow Laurel (9) Mountain Road Peninsula Bog Complex Round Bay, Gibson Island (10) Patuxent Community Ponds Odenton (11) Patuxent Maple Swamp Bowie (12) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Laurel (13) Round Bay Bog Round Bay (14) Stony Run Relay (15) Watershed Woods South River C. Baltimore County. (1) Beaverdam Run Cockeysville (2) Beetree Run New Freedom (3) Big Gunpowder Falls—Forge Road Site White Marsh (4) Club Hill Forest White Marsh (5) Glencoe/Gunpowder Falls Hereford (6) Gwynn Falls North Reisterstown (7) Gwynn Falls South Reisterstown (8) Loch Raven—Hampton Area Towson (9) Lower Chimney Branch Reisterstown (10) Monkton Bog Phoenix (11) Phoenix Marsh Phoenix (12) Pikall Riverbank Ellicott City (13) Putty Hill Wetlands Towson, White Marsh (14) Red Run Branch Reisterstown (15) Rockland Meadows Cockeysville (16) Soldiers Delight Reisterstown D. Calvert County. (1) Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Broomes Island, Prince Frederick (2) Calvert Cliffs State Park Cove Point (3) Patuxent Highlands Lower Marlboro (4) Port Republic Watershed Prince Frederick (5) West Governor Run Watershed Prince Frederick E. Caroline County. (1) Baltimore Corner Goldsboro (2) Bates Ditch Hickman (3) Bridgetown Ponds NRMA Goldsboro (4) Central Avenue Corner Denton (5) East Melville Pond Goldsboro (6) Floral Swale Goldsboro (7) Greer's Pond Goldsboro (8) Hourglass Pond Goldsboro (9) Jackson Lane Site Goldsboro (10) Marvel Pond Goldsboro (11) Marydel East Goldsboro (12) Mt. Zion Pothole Goldsboro (13) Mt. Zion South Pond Goldsboro (14) Oldtown Pond Goldsboro (15) Opossum Hill Powerline Hobbs (16) Pasture Pond Goldsboro (17) Persimmon East Goldsboro (18) Persimmon Preserve Site Goldsboro (19) Petroski Bog Goldsboro (20) R and M Bay Goldsboro (21) Red Bridges Road Crossing Denton (22) Schuyler Road Pond Goldsboro (23) Smithville Swamp Hickman (24) South Melville Crossroads Pothole Goldsboro (25) Tuckahoe Creek North Ridgely F. Carroll County. (1) Alesia Swamp Lineboro (2) Hoods Mill Woodbine G. Cecil County. (1) Bald Friar Ravine Conowingo Dam (2) Camp Rodney Swamp North East (3) Cecil Bog Conowingo Dam (4) Charlestown West Seeps Havre De Grace (5) Log Cabin Sedge Meadow Conowingo Dam (6) Octoraro Slopes Rising Sun (7) Plum Creek North East (8) Port Deposit Aberdeen (9) Roaring Woods Conowingo Dam (10) Stone Run Millpond Rising Sun (11) Whitaker Swamp North East, Havre De Grace, Bay View (12) Wildcat Ravine Conowingo Dam H. Charles County. (1) Brentland Woods Mathias Point (2) Bryantown Swamp Hughesville (3) Cat Pond La Plata (4) County Line Trail Seep Brandywine (5) Doncaster State Forest Nanjemoy (6) Maryland Point Swamp Nanjemoy (7) Pomonkey School Stream Port Tobacco (8) Popes Creek Popes Creek (9) Port Tobacco Run Port Tobacco (10) Thomas Stone National Historic Site Port Tobacco (11) Upper Nanjemoy Creek Nanjemoy (12) Zekiah Swamp Brandywine, Hughesville, La Plata, Popes Creek, Charlotte Hall I. Dorchester County. (1) Bar Neck Oxbow Church Creek (2) Big Millpond East New Market, Rhodesdale (3) Brookview Ponds Rhodesdale (4) Cabin Creek Seep East New Market, Preston (5) Chicone Creek Rhodesdale (6) Dorchester Pond East New Market, Rhodesdale (7) Gales Creek Sharptown (8) Marshyhope Seasonal Pond Federalsburg, Rhodesdale (9) Messick Pond East New Market (10) Ocean Gateway Pond Rhodesdale (11) Rhodesdale Powerline Rhodesdale (12) Rhodesdale Powerline SE Rhodesdale (13) Savanna Lake Chicamacomico, Mardela Springs (14) Upper Blackwater River Golden Hill J. Frederick County. (1) Bennett Tributary Swamp Buckeystown (2) Brunswick Riverside Harpers Ferry (3) Buzzard Branch Myersville (4) Buzzard Branch Bog Myersville (5) Buzzard Branch Bottom Myersville (6) Catoctin Creek Mouth Point of Rocks (7) Catoctin Station Point of Rocks (8) East Buzzard Branch Catoctin Furnace (9) Eyeler Valley Blue Ridge Summit (10) Fishing Creek Catoctin Furnace (11) Foxville Swamp Blue Ridge Summit (12) Hunting Creek Hollow Blue Ridge Summit (13) Le Gore Bridge Woodsboro (14) Little Catoctin Creek Glade Myersville (15) Little Fishing Creek Pond Catoctin Furnace (16) Lock 28 Floodplain Point of Rocks (17) Lock 29 Floodplain Point of Rocks (18) Owens Creek Swamp Blue Ridge Summit (19) Ridenour Swamp Smithsburg (20) South Salamander Rock Fire Ponds Catoctin Furnace (21) Spruce Run Myersville (22) Steep Creek Swamp Catoctin Furnace (23) Turkey Creek Blue Ridge Summit (24) Upper Hunting Creek Swamp Blue Ridge Summit (25) Wigville Swamp Myersville K. Garrett County. (1) Altamont Swamp Deer Park (2) Amish Road Swamp Grantsville (3) Anvil Bog McHenry (4) Bear Creek North McHenry (5) Bear Creek South McHenry (6) Big Laurel Run Swamp Grantsville (7) Boiling Springs Woods Deer Park (8) Brenneman Hill Swamp Bittinger (9) Buffalo Run Marsh Friendsville (10) Bull Glade Run Oakland (11) Callahan Swamp Frostburg, Avilton (12) Casselman River Macrosite Avilton (13) Chisolm Run Swamp Oakland (14) Cristley Run Woods Avilton (15) Crab Run Floodplain Grantsville (16) Cranesville Swamp Sang Run (17) Cross Camp Cove Deer Park (18) Cunningham Lake South Bittinger (19) Cunningham Swamp Bittinger (20) East Negro Mountain Bog McHenry (21) Finzel Swamp Frostburg (22) Hammel Glade Deer Park (23) Herrington Creek Headwaters Swamp Oakland (24) Herrington Lake South Tributary Oakland (25) Herrington Lake Wetlands North Oakland (26) Herrington Run Oakland (27) Hutton Switch Bog Oakland (28) Kearney Bog Gorman (29) Kempton Marsh Davis (30) Kempton Ponds Davis (31) Keystone Swamp Deer Park (32) Laurel Run Bog Davis (33) Laurel Springs Davis (34) McHenry Wetland South McHenry (35) Meadow Mountain Run Swamp McHenry (36) Mount Nebo Wetlands Oakland (37) Mudlick Run Avilton (38) Murley Run Oakland (39) Negro Mountain Bog McHenry (40) Negro Mountain Bog—Accident Accident (41) Negro Mountain Powerline Bog McHenry (42) North Cherry Creek Bog McHenry (43) North Chisolm Run Oakland (44) North Laurel Run Swamp Table Rock, Davis (45) Pheasant Ridge Kitzmiller (46) Pine Swamp East Barton (47) Piney Creek Swamp Avilton (48) Piney Run Bog Sang Run (49) Poplar Lick Swamp Avilton (50) Potato Farm Cove Deer Park (51) Pronghorn Swamp Oakland (52) Puzzley Run Grantsville (53) Red Oak Run Swamp Davis (54) Rock House Bog McHenry (55) Rock Lodge Macrosite McHenry (56) Short Run Vernal Ponds Kitzmiller (57) South Dunkard Lick Oakland (58) South Prong Deer Park (59) Swallow Falls Spring Oakland (60) The Glades McHenry (61) The Little Mountain North Woods Gorman (62) Toliver Run NHA Sang Run (63) Upper Salt Block Run Sang Run (64) Upper Youghiogheny Friendsville (65) Upperman Road Bog Deer Park (66) West Deer Park Meadow Deer Park (67) West Piney Run Sang Run (68) Whale Swamp Oakland (69) White Cemetery Bog Gorman (70) White Rock Glade Sang Run (71) Wilson Swamp Deer Park (72) Wolf Swamp Avilton (73) Youghiogheny River—Sang Run Sang Run L. Harford County. (1) Bynum Run Bel Air (2) Deer Creek Serpentine Barren Delta (3) Harford Glen Edgewood (4) Hess Pond Phoenix (5) Little Gunpowder Falls White Marsh M. Howard County. (1) Benson Branch Sykesville (2) Browns Bridge Crossing Clarksville (3) Henryton Woods Sykesville (4) Hipsleys Mill Woods Woodbine (5) Landing Road Seep Savage (6) Old Guilford Ponds Savage (7) Upper Hammond Branch Clarksville N. Kent County. (1) Big Marsh Betterton (2) Black Bottom Ponds Millington (3) Brown's Pond Millington (4) Cypress Branch Pond Millington (5) Golts Pond West Millington (6) Golts Ponds Millington (7) Golts Railway Pond Millington (8) Lover's Lane Chestertown (9) Massey Pond Millington (10) Millington WMA Ponds Millington (11) Morgan Creek Galena O. Montgomery County. (1) Canal Bottomland Seneca, Sterling (2) Germantown Bog Germantown (3) Great Falls Floodplain Rockville (4) Great Falls NHA Falls Church (5) Little Bennett Regional Park Urbana (6) Little Falls Washington West (7) McKee-Beshers West Swamp Sterling (8) Potomac River—Cropley Falls Church (9) Puller Marsh Kensington (10) Sycamore Landing Riverside Sterling (11) Unit 1 Spring Washington West (12) Violets Lock Floodplain Seneca P. Prince George's County. (1) Beck Woods Laurel (2) Belt Woods Lanham (3) Beltsville Airport Bog Laurel (4) Beltsville Bottomland Forest Laurel, Beltsville (5) Beltsville Forest and Meadow Laurel (6) Beltsville Seasonal Ponds Laurel (7) Buck Lodge Road Bog Beltsville (8) Chews Lake Bristol (9) Fort Ravine Mount Vernon (10) Johnson's Gully Mount Vernon (11) Huntington Park Woods Laurel (12) Patuxent Maple Swamp Bowie (13) Patuxent W.R.C. Laurel (14) Route I-95 Bog Beltsville (15) Southwest Branch Bottomland Forest Lanham, Upper Marlboro (16) Suitland Bog Anacostia (17) Watkins Regional Park Lanham (18) Zekiah Swamp Brandywine Q. Queen Anne's County. (1) Andover Flatwoods Sudlersville (2) Cleaves Fork Sudlersville (3) Kane Crossroads Pond Goldsboro (4) Long Marsh Ditch Goldsboro (5) Prices Chapel Ponds Sudlersville (6) Pristine Pines Sudlersville (7) Pristine Pines South Sudlersville (8) Starr Ponds Wye Mills (9) Teats Branch Pond Sudlersville (10) Templeville Ponds Sudlersville (11) Tuckahoe Creek North Ridgely (12) Unicorn Millpond Sudlersville R. Saint Mary's County. (1) Church Swamp Rock Point, Leonardtown (2) Mill Creek Pond Hollywood (3) Miski Run Woods Leonardtown (4) St. Mary's River Bottomland Hollywood (5) West California Swamp Hollywood S. Somerset County. (1) Dublin Swamp Princess Anne, Dividing Creek (2) Eden Swamp and Powerline Eden T. Talbot County. (1) Geib Fairview Ponds Fowling Creek (2) Mill Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Wye Mills (3) Seth Pond Trappe U. Washington County. (1) Beaver Creek Funkstown (2) Beaver Creek Headwaters Smithsburg (3) Boyd Mountain Pond Clear Spring (4) Ernstville Stream Cherry Run (5) Little Antietam Creek Smithsburg (6) Quirauk Mountain Stream Smithsburg (7) Sideling Hill Creek Macrosite Bellegrove V. Wicomico County. (1) Barren Creek Hebron, Mardela Springs (2) Campbell Powerline Pittsville (3) Horsebridge Creek Bog Wango (4) Johnson Pond Delmar (5) Lawes Ditch Wango (6) Litsea Pond Wetipquin (7) Middle Plum Creek Sharptown (8) Mockingbird Pond Hebron (9) Nassawango Creek Wango (10) Parker Pond Salisbury (11) Plum Creek Bog Sharptown (12) Schumaker Pond Salisbury (13) Sharptown Bog Hebron, Sharptown (14) Spearin Road Powerlines Site Salisbury (15) Widow Swamp Salisbury (16) Williams Pond Delmar W. Worcester County. (1) Burbage Crossing Swamp Ninepin Branch (2) Campground Branch Public Landing (3) Colbourne Powerline Wango (4) Delaware Wildlands Whaleysville (5) Dividing Creek Ponds Dividing Creek (6) Furnace Road Powerlines Dividing Creek (7) Hancock Creek Swamp Girdletree (8) Ironshire Swamp Berlin (9) Little Mill Run Girdletree (10) Longridge Powerlines Salisbury (11) Lower Sturges Creek Bog Wango (12) Mt. Olive Church Pond Wango (13) Nassawango Creek Snow Hill, Wango (14) Oak Hill Road Powerline Dividing Creek (15) Pawpaw Creek Public Landing (16) Pikes Creek Girdletree (17) Pocomoke Oxbow Ninepin Branch (18) Porter Neck Bog Berlin, Ninepin Branch (19) Powell Creek Girdletree (20) Riley Creek Swamp Girdletree (21) Scarboro Creek Woods Girdletree (22) Scotts Landing Pond Boxiron (23) Spearin Road Powerlines Site Salisbury (24) Stockton Powerlines Girdletree (25) Tanhouse Creek Public Landing (26) West Ocean City Pond Ocean City Maps of areas designated as nontidal wetlands of special State concern in the Critical Area shall be maintained by the Department and available for public review. Areas designated as nontidal wetlands of special State concern in the Critical Area are listed in §§B—Q of this regulation. If a permit or other authorization is granted, the Department may require an applicant to comply with best management practices, including one or more of the following: Protect against future disturbances to the nontidal wetland of special State concern by showing its surveyed boundary, expanded buffer, waterways, and 100-year floodplains on the property deed, and recording the information with the county; Avoid impacts to regulated wetlands, buffers, expanded buffers, waterways, 100-year floodplains, and steep slopes or highly erodible soils as described in COMAR 26.23.01.04C that may cause an adverse impact to the nontidal wetland of special State concern; Restrict regulated activities to the minimum area necessary to meet the project purpose; Maintain existing groundwater recharge to the nontidal wetland of special State concern and tributaries to nontidal wetlands of special State concern by limiting impervious surfaces; Use nonstructural stormwater management practices consistent with those in COMAR 26.17.02, to the extent practicable, such as infiltration, retention of forest, wetlands, and associated buffers, undisturbed floodplains, open space, and steep slopes, in association with structural stormwater management on properties with nontidal wetlands of special State concern or tributaries to nontidal wetlands of special State concern; Manage runoff so that there is no direct discharge of stormwater into wetlands or waterways; Restrict impervious surface on the project site to 15 percent or less, where practicable; Install sediment controls such as super silt fences or comparable controls to completely surround all disturbed areas and maintain controls daily; Stabilize disturbed areas daily with noninvasive native species; Place vegetative waste, including yard waste, grass clippings, leaves, etc. or other debris outside of regulated wetlands, expanded buffers, waterways, and 100-year floodplains that are in the drainage area of the nontidal wetland of special State concern; or Use other management practices listed in COMAR 26.23.03.02. Environment Article, §§5-901—5-911, Annotated Code of Maryland Effective date: March 15, 1990 (17:5 Md. R. 637) Chapter revised as an emergency provision effective January 1, 1991 (18:2 Md. R. 128) Chapter revised effective May 13, 1991 (18:9 Md. R. 1007) Regulations .01—.04, .08, .09, .14, .15, and .22 amended and Regulation .27 adopted as an emergency provision effective October 1, 1993 (20:21 Md. R. 1649); emergency status expired April 1, 1994 Regulations .01—.04, .08, .09, .14, .15, and .22 amended and Regulation .27 adopted as an emergency provision effective June 1, 1994 (21:13 Md. R. 1151); Regulations .01—.04, .08, .09, .14, and .22 amended and .27 adopted permanently effective October 24, 1994, (21:21 Md. R. 1813) Regulations .01 and .15—.18 amended and Regulation .17-1 adopted effective November 7, 1994 (21:22 Md. R. 1874) Regulations .01 and .02 were recodified from Regulations .26 and .27, respectively, under COMAR 08.05.04 Nontidal Wetlands, June 1996 Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective September 1, 2000 (27:19 Md. R. 1723); emergency status expired December 31, 2000; emergency status extended at 28:3 Md. R.; amended permanently effective February 5, 2001 (28:2 Md. R. 105) Regulation .02 amended as an emergency provision effective September 1, 2000 (27:19 Md. R. 1723); emergency status expired December 31, 2000; emergency status extended at 28:3 Md. R.; amended permanently effective February 5, 2001 (28:2 Md. R. 105) Regulation .03 adopted as an emergency provision effective September 1, 2000 (27:19 Md. R. 1723); emergency status expired December 31, 2000; emergency status extended at 28:3 Md. R.; amended permanently effective February 5, 2001 (28:2 Md. R. 105)