# COMAR Title 27 — Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays

## Subtitle 02 — Development in the Critical Area Resulting From State and Local Agency Programs

### Chapter 07 — Commission Review, Decision Process, and Time Frames

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

*COMAR 27.02.07.02*

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.