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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 27.01.06.02" title_num="27" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="06" heading="Policies.">
  <text>In developing and updating its Critical Area program, a local jurisdiction shall follow these policies when addressing agriculture:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Assure that agricultural lands are identified and that programs are established for the Critical Area to maintain, where appropriate, agricultural lands in agricultural use, to the greatest extent possible; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Recognize that agriculture is a protective land use that should be properly managed so that it minimizes its contribution to pollutant loadings to the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays and their tributaries.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>