Section 5-1610 – Forest Conservation Fund; Local Forest Conservation Fund
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Fund” means the Forest Conservation Fund. (3) “Priority funding area” has the meaning stated in § 5–7B–02 of the State Finance and Procurement Article. (b) There is a Forest Conservation Fund in the Department. (c) Except as provided in subsection (h) of this section, if any person subject […]
Section 5-1610.1 – Forest Mitigation Banks
(a) The Department shall develop standards and adopt regulations for the creation and use of forest mitigation banks, including criteria for tracking, crediting, maintaining, bonding, and reporting mitigation bank activities. (b) A local jurisdiction may develop procedures for establishing forest mitigation banks as part of its forest conservation program. (c) Mitigation banks may be permitted only in priority […]
Section 5-1601 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Afforestation” means the establishment of a tree cover on an area from which it has always or very long been absent, or the planting of open areas which are not presently in forest cover. (c) “Agricultural activity” means farming activities including plowing, tillage, cropping, installation of […]
Section 5-1602 – Applicability of Subtitle
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this subtitle shall apply to any public or private subdivision plan or application for a grading or sediment control permit by any person, including a unit of State or local government on areas 40,000 square feet or greater. (b) The provisions of this subtitle do not apply […]