- A. When Acceptable. The Department will accept an environmental impact statement that has been prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act as an environmental effects report under the Maryland Environmental Policy Act if the statement contains all information required by the Environmental Policy Act Guidelines of the Secretary of Natural Resources.
- B. Federal Negative Declaration Statement. If an agency that is required to submit an environmental assessment form to the Department has completed a federal negative declaration statement, the agency should submit the federal statement to the Department with its environmental assessment form..
Authority: Natural Resources Article, §§1-303 and 1-304, Annotated Code of Maryland; Environmental Policy Act Guidelines
of the Secretary of Natural Resources
Effective date: July 3, 1974
Chapter recodified from COMAR 16.00.01 to COMAR 16.01.01
Chapter revised effective November 30, 1987 (14:24 Md. R. 2556)
Chapter recodified from COMAR 16.01.01 to COMAR 14.24.01 in July 1, 1989
Chapter recodified from COMAR 14.24.01 to COMAR 34.01.02 effective March 10, 2009
Regulation .04A, B amended effective April 24, 2017 (44:8 Md. R. 407)