Md. Code Regs. 27.02.01.01 - Definitions
A. In this
subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Afforestation" has the meaning stated in
Natural Resources Article, §
5-1601
(b), Annotated Code of Maryland.
(1-1) "Agricultural best management practice"
has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(2) "Agriculture" has the meaning stated in
COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(3) "Anadromous
fish" has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(4) [Repealed]
(5) [Repealed]
(6) "Buffer" has the meaning stated in COMAR
27.01.01.01.
(6-1) "Chair" has the
meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(7) "Clearcutting" has the meaning stated in
COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(7-1) "Clearing"
has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(7-2) "Climate" means a long-term trend in
weather that extends over multiple decades.
(7-3) "Climate resilient practice" means a
management measure that, in the context of sea level rise, increasing tidal
inundation, increasing average temperatures, precipitation changes, and coastal
and riverine flooding:
(a) Guides and informs
decisions regarding the siting, design, construction, or reconstruction of a
development project; and
(b)
Enables a natural system to absorb disturbance and adapt while undergoing
change, so as to retain essentially the same identity, structure, and
function.
(8) "Cluster
development" has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(8-1) "Coastal hazard" means an episodic,
naturally occurring event or long-term coastal process that causes, or has
foreseeable potential to cause, substantial damage to a given stretch of
shoreline or a coastal area, including a coastal storm, a tsunami, a flood,
shore erosion, and land subsidence.
(9) "Colonial nesting water bird" has the
meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(10) "Commercial harvesting" has the meaning
stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(11)
"Commission" has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(12) [Repealed]
(13) "Critical Area" has the meaning stated
in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(13-1)
"Design life" means the projected life expectancy of a structure or
project.
(14) "Development" has the
meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(15) "Developed woodlands" has the meaning
stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(16)
(17) "Endangered species " has the meaning
stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(18)
"Energy generating system " has the meaning stated in Land Use Article, §
4-211, Annotated Code of
Maryland.
(19) "Fishery activity"
has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(20) Forest has the meaning stated in Natural
Resources Article, §
5-1601, Annotated
Code of Maryland.
(21) "Forest
interior dwelling bird" has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(22) "Forest management" has the meaning
stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(23)
"Habitat protection area" has the meaning stated in COMAR
27.01.01.01.
(24) "Highly erodible
soil" has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(25) "Hydric soil" has the meaning stated in
COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(26)
Repealed.
(27) "K-factor" has the
meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(28) "Landward edge" has the meaning stated
in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(29) "Marina"
means any facility for the mooring, berthing, storing, or securing of
watercraft, but not including community piers and other noncommercial boat
docking and storage facilities.
(29-1) Major Development.
(a) "Major development" means development on
a scale that may cause:
(i) Statewide,
regional, or interjurisdictional environmental or economic effects in the
Critical Area; or
(ii) Substantial
impact on the Critical Area program of a local jurisdiction.
(b) "Major development" includes:
(i) An airport, power plant, major solar
energy generating system, wastewater treatment plant, highway, port, regional
utility transmission facility, prison, hospital, public housing project, public
beach, and an intensely developed park and recreation facility; and
(ii) A development or project authorized by
the Public Service Commission under a Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity.
(30)
"Marina" has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(31) "Mean high water line" has the meaning
stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(31-1)
"Minor development" means development of a reduced scale that:
(a) Causes environmental or economic
consequences that are largely confined to the immediate area of the parcel of
land on which the development is located;
(b) Is consistent with the local Critical
Area program;
(c) Does not
substantially affect the Critical Area program of the local jurisdiction;
and
(d) Is not considered by the
Commission to be major development.
(32) "Natural features" has the meaning
stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(33)
"Natural heritage area" has the meaning stated in COMAR
08.03.08.01, as designated in
COMAR 08.03.08.10.
(34) "Natural
vegetation" has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(35) "Nonpoint source pollution" has the
meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(36) "Nontidal wetland" has the meaning
stated in Environment Article, §
5-901, Annotated Code of
Maryland, and as applied by the Department of the Environment.
(37) "Offsets" has the meaning stated in
COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(38)
[Repealed]
(39)
[Repealed]
(40) "Pier" has the
meaning stated in Natural Resources Article, §
8-1808.4(a),
Annotated Code of Maryland.
(40-1)
"Plant habitat" has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(41) "Port" has the meaning stated in COMAR
27.01.01.01.
(42) "Public
water-oriented recreation" has the meaning stated in COMAR
27.01.01.01.
(43)
[Repealed]
(44) "Redevelopment" has
the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(45) "Reforestation" has the meaning stated
in Natural Resources Article, §
5-1601, Annotated
Code of Maryland.
(46) "Riparian
habitat" has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(46-1) "Road" has the meaning stated in COMAR
27.01.01.01.
(46-2) "Sea level
rise" means a rise in mean sea level that impacts a coastal area through
seasonally high tides, prolonged inundation, or permanent
submergence.
(47)
Repealed.
(48) "Selection" has the
meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(48-1) "Shoreline stabilization measure" has
the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(49) Repealed.
(50) "Soil conservation and water quality
plan" has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(50-1) "Solar energy generating system" has
the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.14.01.
(51) "Species in need of conservation" has
the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(52) [Repealed]
(53) State and Local Agency Actions.
(a) "State and local agency actions" means
any direct action, including an action undertaken by a private sponsor on
behalf of a State or local agency, such as construction, that causes
development to occur.
(b) "State
and local agency actions" include:
(i) The
issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity by the Maryland
Public Service Commission that results in development within the Critical Area;
and
(ii) The issuance of a
Certificate of Public Necessity by the Maryland Hazardous Waste Facilities
Siting Board which allows the siting of a hazardous waste disposal
facility.
(c) "State and
local agency actions" do not include:
(i)
Actions required or specifically provided for by the Critical Area criteria,
including construction or installation of structures or measures in order to
implement approved stormwater management, grading, or sediment control plans,
and the construction or installation of structures or measures on farms in
order to implement approved soil conservation and water quality
plans;
(ii) Actions causing
development which are subject to approval under a Critical Area program by the
local agency responsible for implementation of that program; or
(iii) Dredging of any waterway in the
Critical Area that is conducted in accordance with applicable State and federal
laws, rules, and regulations.
(54) "Steep slope" has the meaning stated in
COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(55)
"Stormwater" has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(56) Repealed.
(57)
(58) "Transportation facility" has the
meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
3-101, Annotated Code
of Maryland.
(58-1) "Tree" has the
meaning stated in Natural Resources Article, §
5-1601, Annotated
Code of Maryland.
(59) "Tributary
stream" has the meaning stated in Natural Resources Article, §
8-1802(a),
Annotated Code of Maryland.
(60)
"Utility transmission facility" has the meaning stated in COMAR
27.01.01.01.
(61) "Vessel" has the
meaning stated in Natural Resources Article, §
8-701, Annotated
Code of Maryland.
(62)
[Repealed]
(63) "Waterfowl" has the
meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(64) "Wildlife corridor" has the meaning
stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
(65)
"Wildlife habitat" has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
Notes
Regulation .01 amended effective 41:25 Md. R. 1487, eff.
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