1. A. Beginning with the date on which the Department and the Commission delivered a summary draft map to a local jurisdiction under Regulation .06B of this chapter, at least once every 12 years thereafter:

   1. (1) The Department, the Commission, and the local jurisdiction shall conduct a review of the local Critical Area map; and
   2. (2) The local jurisdiction shall submit any proposed map updates to the Commission for approval.
2. B. The Commission shall determine the appropriate process for consideration and approval of the local jurisdiction’s proposed map updates.
3. C. An update of a local jurisdiction’s Critical Area map that is after the initial map update may occur in coordination with the local jurisdiction’s 6-year comprehensive review process, as required under Natural Resources Article, §8-1809(g), Annotated Code of Maryland, if the local jurisdiction provides evidence satisfactory to the Commission that reasonable progress has been made on its comprehensive review and on the review of its maps.

Authority: Ch. 119, Acts of 2008, §§1—4

Effective date: May 13, 1986 (12:24 Md. R. 2352)

COMAR 14.15 became effective upon the enactment of Resolution No. 37 (SJ 9), Acts of 1986.

COMAR 14.15.11 recodified to COMAR 27.01.11 in August, 1992

Regulation .01 under Chapter, Variances repealed effective July 9, 2012 (39:13 Md. R. 786)

Regulations .01—.07 under Chapter, Directives for Updating Critical Area Maps adopted effective July 9, 2012 (39:13 Md. R. 786)

Regulation .04A, G, H amended effective January 20, 2025 (52:1 Md. R. 19)

Regulation .04D amended effective February 7, 2022 (49:3 Md. R. 139)

Regulation .04E amended effective March 12, 2018 (45:5 Md. R. 289)

Regulation .05A amended effective January 20, 2025 (52:1 Md. R. 19)

Regulation.06 amended effective January 20, 2025 (52:1 Md. R. 19)