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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04-3" citation="COMAR 27.02.05.04-3" title_num="27" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="05" heading="Water-Dependent Facilities and Activities — Site-Specific Criteria.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The provisions of this regulation are in addition to the provisions of Regulations .04-1 and .04-2 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An agency proposing development on State-owned land or responsible for the administration of a water-dependent facility or activity located on State-owned land:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>May locate a water-dependent industrial or port-related facility or activity in the buffer if:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The facility or activity is in an intensely developed area; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The Commission has approved a modification of the buffer requirements under Regulation .09 of this chapter or has duly executed a memorandum of understanding to that effect;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Shall require that the operation of each commercial marina and each related commercial maritime facility or activity complies with:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The requirements of COMAR 26.08.04.09 and, as applicable, COMAR 26.24.04.03; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The stormwater, wastewater, noncontact cooling water discharge, and any other applicable requirements of the Department of the Environment;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>May develop a commercial marina or a related commercial maritime facility or activity in the buffer of a resource conservation area, upon full satisfaction of all the requirements under §B(4)(a) of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>May locate:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A public beach or other public water-oriented recreation or education area or activity, including a publicly owned fishing pier or a boat launching and docking facility or activity, in the buffer if:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Adequate sanitary facilities exist;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Sanitary and service facilities are, to the extent possible, located outside the buffer;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>A permeable surface is used to the extent practicable, if no degradation of ground water would likely result; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Disturbance to natural vegetation is first avoided or,  if unavoidable, minimized; or</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A public passive outdoor recreation or education area, such as hiking, hunting, trapping, or nature study, in the buffer of a limited development area or a resource conservation area if sanitary and service facilities to support these uses are located outside the buffer;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>As applicable, if an associated nonwater-dependent project is located outside the buffer, may locate in the buffer a research-associated water-dependent facility or activity or an education-associated water-dependent facility or activity; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>May locate the following facilities and activities in the buffer:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A shore-based facility or activity necessary for a commercial aquaculture operation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A commercial water-dependent fishery facility or activity, including a structure for crab shedding, a fish off-loading dock, and a shellfish culture operation; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A facility or activity that supports water quality restoration in the Chesapeake Bay, the Atlantic Coastal Bays, or their watersheds.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>