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Regulation .02 Additional Critical Area Requirements for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity.

Regulation .02 Additional Critical Area Requirements for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity.Copy Citation

In accordance with COMAR 20.79.01, an applicant for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity shall include within its environmental review document or on a site plan all of the following information:
A.
The Critical Area boundary and Critical Area classification of the project site;
B.
The project area and limits of disturbance of the proposed project inside the Critical Area;
C.
The acreage inside the Critical Area and a breakdown of acreages for each Critical Area designation when there is more than one Critical Area designation on a project site;
D.
Field determination of the buffer in accordance with all provisions in COMAR 27.01.09.01;
E.
The identification and location of habitat protection areas in COMAR 27.01.09.03—.05;
F.
Field determination of forest within 300 feet beyond the landward boundary of tidal waters or a tidal wetland, or the edge of each bank of a tributary stream in accordance with COMAR 27.01.14.05B;
G.
The identification and location of existing and proposed lot coverage as defined in Natural Resources Article, §8-1802, Annotated Code of Maryland, and consistent with COMAR 27.01.14.04B;
H.
The identification and location of areas with steep slopes of 15 percent or greater;
J.
For a project on locally owned land or privately owned lands, calculations demonstrating compliance with the Critical Area stormwater pollutant reduction requirements of COMAR 27.01.02.03;
K.
Information demonstrating compliance with notice requirements of COMAR 27.03.01.03;
L.
For State agency projects on State-owned lands, information demonstrating compliance with COMAR 27.02.05.02A; and
M.
When applicable, for a project located in a resource conservation area, information demonstrating compliance with COMAR 27.01.14.02-1.