Draft Comprehensive Update
The Commission is updating the Critical Area regulations located in the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR), Title 27. The purpose of this proposal includes:
- Repealing outdated provisions or definitions that are not used in the text (the original provisions were enacted in 1986).
- Performing stylistic changes (bring text up to current Division of State Documents standards).
- Adding new definitions.
- Clarifying or making corrective changes.
Click here to view the draft proposal.
The regulations were adopted as final on December 18, 2024 by the Critical Area Commission and final notice was printed in the January 10, 2025 edition of the Maryland Register. Click here for details: https://dsd.maryland.gov/MDRIssues/5201/Assembled.aspx#_Toc187134252
Click here for the proposal:
https://dsd.maryland.gov/MDRIssues/5122/Assembled.aspx#_Toc181133685