- A. The Department shall be reimbursed for shore erosion related technical and administrative services provided to a property owner, municipality, county, or other entity.
- B. The amount of reimbursement determined to be payable to the Department shall be based on a schedule of assessable charges established by the Department for services rendered in connection with shore erosion control projects.
- C. The schedule of charges shall provide a sliding scale for the imposition of charges for full services. The sliding scale shall provide for a maximum rate of 10 percent for projects with construction costs estimated to be $5,000 or lower, and a minimum rate of 3 percent for projects with construction costs of $500,000 or higher.
D. In this regulation, “full services” means services rendered by the Department in all areas of a project, such as project:
- (1) Initiation;
- (2) Planning;
- (3) Funding;
- (4) Design;
- (5) Construction;
- (6) Repayment; and
- (7) Performance.
- E. The Department may assess an amount less than that established for full services if the actual services rendered are less than 50 percent of full services.
Authority: Natural Resources Article, §§8-1004 and 8-1008, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: October 28, 2002 (29:21 Md. R. 1645)