1. A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

2. B. Terms Defined.

   1. (1) “Applicant” means an individual or a governmental or nongovernmental entity that seeks financial assistance or approval under a program or for an activity covered by this chapter.
   2. (2) “Application” means a request for approval, or a request for new, renewed, continued, or amended financial assistance, under a program or for an activity covered by this chapter.
   3. (3) “Approving authority” means a governmental entity with statutory or other authority to approve or disapprove proposed action.
   4. (4) “Baltimore Region” means the combined geographic areas of the City of Baltimore and the Counties of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, and Howard, including all incorporated municipalities located there.
   5. (5) “Clearinghouse” means the State Clearinghouse for Intergovernmental Assistance, a unit of the Department.
   6. (6) “Department” means the Department of Planning:

   7. (7) “Direct federal development” means:

      1. (a) The exercise by a federal agency of statutory or other authority to undertake or authorize others to undertake the construction, reconstruction, conversion, erection, alteration, relocation, or enlargement of, or to change or authorize others to change the use of, any building, structure, or facility;
      2. (b) Mining, excavation, or landfill by or under the authority of a federal agency;
      3. (c) Land acquisition, disposition, or disturbance in preparation for any of the above; and
      4. (d) Plans or environmental assessments for any of these activities.
   8. (8) “Financial assistance” means the exercise by a federal or State agency of statutory or other authority to award funds, loans, or insurance, or to provide technical assistance, based on an application or cooperative agreement.
   9. (9) “Intergovernmental” means between or among different levels of government, between or among different national or State jurisdictions, or between or among different agencies within the same level of government or within the same jurisdiction.
   10. (10) “State application identifier” means the number assigned by the Clearinghouse to an application.

Authority: 31 U.S.C. §6506 and 42 U.S.C. §3334; Presidential Executive Orders 12372 and 12416;
Local Government Article, §1-804; State Finance and Procurement Article, §§2-203, 5-401, 5-402, and 5-610;
Annotated Code of Maryland;
Executive Order 01.01.1983.17

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.05 Procedures for Reporting Federal Assistance Applications and Awards adopted effective December 30, 1977 (4:27 Md. R. 2108)

(Chapter recodified from COMAR 16.01.01 to 16.02.01)

Chapter revised effective January 27, 1986 (13:2 Md. R. 139)

Chapter repealed effective December 14, 1987 (14:25 Md. R. 2663)

Regulations .01—.09 Procedures for the Maryland Intergovernmental Review and Coordination Process adopted effective September 26, 1983 (10:19 Md. R. 1692)

Regulation .03B and Appendix A amended effective December 5, 1983 (10:24 Md. R. 2190)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 16.02.03 Procedures for the Maryland Intergovernmental Review and Coordination Process to COMAR 16.02.01 Procedures for Intergovernmental Review of Federal and State Programs, and revised effective November 30, 1987 (14:24 Md. R. 2557)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 16.02.01 to COMAR 14.24.04 in July, 1989

Chapter recodified from COMAR 14.24.04 to COMAR 34.02.01 in 2009

Regulation .01 amended effective April 24, 2017 (44:8 Md. R. 407)

Regulation .02A amended effective April 24, 2017 (44:8 Md. R. 407)

Regulation .04A, B amended effective April 24, 2017 (44:8 Md. R. 407)

Regulation .05C amended effective April 24, 2017 (44:8 Md. R. 407)

Regulation .11 repealed effective April 24, 2017 (44:8 Md. R. 407)

Regulation .12 repealed effective April 24, 2017 (44:8 Md. R. 407)