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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01-1" citation="COMAR 26.24.04.01-1" title_num="26" subtitle_num="24" chapter_num="04" heading="Structural Shoreline Stabilization Maps.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Department shall develop and maintain maps on its website that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Display the areas that are appropriate for structural shoreline stabilization measures; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Are readily available to the public.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>When determining the areas appropriate for structural shoreline stabilization measures, the Department shall consider:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The presence or absence of a natural shoreline;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Proximity to channels;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>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;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The extent to which a water-dependent facility requires a bulkheaded shoreline for loading and unloading operations, such as the berthing of commercial vessels;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Impacts to rare, threatened and endangered species, and species in need of conservation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Any other site-specific factor, as determined relevant by the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>