1. A. The Department shall develop and maintain maps on its website that:

   1. (1) Display the areas that are appropriate for structural shoreline stabilization measures; and
   2. (2) Are readily available to the public.

2. B. When determining the areas appropriate for structural shoreline stabilization measures, the Department shall consider:

   1. (1) The presence or absence of a natural shoreline;
   2. (2) Proximity to channels;
   3. (3) As determined by the Department based on site conditions, the presence of high energy waves or a severely eroding shore that would render a nonstructural stabilization measure infeasible;
   4. (4) The extent to which a water-dependent facility requires a bulkheaded shoreline for loading and unloading operations, such as the berthing of commercial vessels;
   5. (5) Impacts to rare, threatened and endangered species, and species in need of conservation; and
   6. (6) Any other site-specific factor, as determined relevant by the Department.

Authority: Environment Article, Title 16, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: February 14, 1994 (21:3 Md. R. 184)

(Wetlands regulations before February 14, 1994, appeared under COMAR 08.05.07)

Regulation .14 amended as an emergency provision effective August 1, 1995 (22:17 Md. R. 1309); amended permanently effective December 4, 1995 (22:24 Md. R. 1894)

Regulations .01—.04 were recodified from Regulations .12, .14, .16, and .17, respectively, under COMAR 08.05.05 Tidal Wetlands, June 1996

Chapter revised as an emergency provision effective March 9, 2007 (34:7 Md. R. 695); emergency expired September 5, 2007

Regulation .01 repealed and new Regulation .01 adopted effective February 4, 2013 (40:2 Md. R. 73)

Regulation .01-1 adopted effective February 4, 2013 (40:2 Md. R. 73)

Regulation .01-2 adopted effective February 4, 2013 (40:2 Md. R. 73)

Regulation .01-3 adopted effective February 4, 2013 (40:2 Md. R. 73)

Regulation .01-4 adopted effective February 4, 2013 (40:2 Md. R. 73)