# COMAR Title 26 — Department of the Environment

## Subtitle 24 — Tidal Wetlands

### Chapter 04 — Structures

#### Regulation .01-1 Structural Shoreline Stabilization Maps.

*COMAR 26.24.04.01-1*

A. The Department shall develop and maintain maps on its website that:

  (1) Display the areas that are appropriate for structural shoreline stabilization measures; and

  (2) Are readily available to the public.

B. When determining the areas appropriate for structural shoreline stabilization measures, the Department shall consider:

  (1) The presence or absence of a natural shoreline;

  (2) Proximity to channels;

  (3) As determined by the Department based on site conditions, the presence of high energy waves or a severely eroding shore that would render a nonstructural stabilization measure infeasible;

  (4) The extent to which a water-dependent facility requires a bulkheaded shoreline for loading and unloading operations, such as the berthing of commercial vessels;

  (5) Impacts to rare, threatened and endangered species, and species in need of conservation; and

  (6) Any other site-specific factor, as determined relevant by the Department.