§ 5-901. Definitions
West's Annotated Code of MarylandEnvironmentEffective: July 1, 2016
Effective: July 1, 2016
MD Code, Environment, § 5-901
§ 5-901. Definitions
(c) “Best management practices” means conservation practices or systems of practices and management measures that:
(d) “Compensation ratio” means the ratio of the area of wetland restored, created, or enhanced to the area of wetland for which mitigation is required.
(f) “Forestry activity” means planting, cultivating, thinning, harvesting, or any other activity undertaken to use forest resources or to improve their quality or productivity.
(g) “Hydrologic unit” means a drainage area within:
(h) “Hydrologic unit code” means a numerical identifier that describes a hydrologic unit's physical location and position within the drainage system hierarchy.
(i) “Instrument” means the formal written agreement between mitigation bank owners and the Department that establishes liability, performance standards, management and monitoring requirements, and the terms of bank credit approval.
(j) “Interagency review team” means an interagency group of federal, State, and local agencies that reviews documentation for, and advises the Department on, the establishment of proposed mitigation banks and the development of the instrument.
(k) “Isolated nontidal wetland” means a nontidal wetland that is not hydrologically connected, through surface or subsurface flow, to streams, tidal or nontidal wetlands, or tidal waters.
(l) “Mitigation banking” means wetland restoration, creation, or enhancement undertaken expressly for the purpose of providing compensation credits for wetland losses from future activities.
(m)(1) “Nontidal wetland” means an area that is inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, commonly known as hydrophytic vegetation.
(n)(1) “Regulated activity” means any of the following activities in a nontidal wetland or within a 25 foot buffer of the nontidal wetland:
(o) “Service area” means the geographic area within which impacts can be mitigated at a specific mitigation bank, as designated in its instrument.
Credits
Added by Acts 1989, c. 536. Amended by Acts 1990, c. 6, § 2; Acts 1993, c. 347, §§ 1, 2. Renumbered from Natural Resources § 8-1201 and amended by Acts 1995, c. 488, §§ 1, 8, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1995, c. 488, § 16, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts 2006, c. 44, § 6, eff. April 8, 2006; Acts 2016, c. 631, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016.
MD Code, Environment, § 5-901, MD ENVIR § 5-901
Current with all legislation from the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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