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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 27.02.07.02" title_num="27" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="07" heading="Additional Critical Area Requirements for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity.">
  <text>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:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Critical Area boundary and Critical Area classification of the project site;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The project area and limits of disturbance of the proposed project inside the Critical Area;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>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;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Field determination of the buffer in accordance with all provisions in COMAR 27.01.09.01;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The identification and location of habitat protection areas in COMAR 27.01.09.03—.05;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>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;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>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;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>The identification and location of areas with steep slopes of 15 percent or greater;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>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;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="K.">
    <text>Information demonstrating compliance with notice requirements of COMAR 27.03.01.03;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="L.">
    <text>For State agency projects on State-owned lands, information demonstrating compliance with COMAR 27.02.05.02A; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="M.">
    <text>When applicable, for a project located in a resource conservation area, information demonstrating compliance with COMAR 27.01.14.02-1.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>