Md. Code Regs. 27.01.06.02

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 10, May 17, 2024

Section 27.01.06.02 - Policies

In developing and updating its Critical Area program, a local jurisdiction shall follow these policies when addressing agriculture:

A. Assure that agricultural lands are identified and that programs are established for the Critical Area to maintain, where appropriate, agricultural lands in agricultural use, to the greatest extent possible; and

B. Recognize that agriculture is a protective land use that should be properly managed so that it minimizes its contribution to pollutant loadings to the Chesapeake and Atlantic coastal bays and their tributaries.

Md. Code Regs. 27.01.06.02

Regulation .02 amended effective October 29, 2012 (39:21 Md. R. 1380); amended effective 48:18 Md. R. 694, eff. 9/6/2021