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A Project is paid for with federal funds or involves a major federal action significantly affecting the human environment:(A federal action includes the issuing of a permit for construction or any approval process in which a federal agency can exercise discretion over the outcome): | The decision-making process and the assessment of the project’s impacts on the environment must be documented by a NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) process. There are several types of NEPA documents (EIS, EA, CE, etc.) depending on likely level of impacts. Forms/checklists and processes are usually dictated by the federal sponsor (FHWA, FAA, MTA, USACOE, etc.). |
Federal permits will be required: | Coordination for these permits should take place during the NEPA process. |
A Project is paid for entirely by state funds, does not require a permit from a federal agency, and requires no federal action to begin or continue: | Impacts should be assessed using the Maryland Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) checklist. Contact the Maryland Department of the Environment's Customer Service Center (MDE CSC) at (410)537-3772 or (800)633-6101 x3772 for additional information. |
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Any portion of Project, regardless of size, is located within 1000 feet of tidal waters or tidal wetlands, or is in tidal waters: | Approval of the Critical Areas Commission is required. |
| The Project limit of disturbance is more than 5,000 square feet: | Stormwater Management Plan Approval is required from MDE. |
| The Project involves disturbance of 5,000 square feet of soil, or excavation of 100 cubic yards of soil: | Sediment and Erosion Control Plan Approval is required from MDE. |
| The Project or any part of the project will involve grading or land disturbance within the Severn River Watershed: | Sediment & Erosion Control Plans must be approved by the Anne Arundel County Soil Conservation District (AASCD) in addition to approval by MDE. |
| The project involves construction of a highway that requires clearing of one acre or more of forest and involves the use of State funds: | It must be reviewed by DNR Forest Service and mitigated under the Maryland Reforestation Law. |
| The project involves construction of a highway that causes cutting of trees or clearing of less than one acre of forest within a designated right of way of a State, County or local roadway: | A Roadside Tree Permit is required from DNR. |
| The project is not part of a highway construction project, is not in the Critical Area, but requires a Sediment and Erosion Control Plan and will disturb more than 40,000 square feet: | It must be mitigated under the Maryland Forest Conservation Law. |
| The Project involves construction activity with a planned total disturbance of one acre or more: | A Notice of Intent (NOI) to be covered under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Construction Activity. |
| The Project involves alteration (filling) of floodplains, waterways, tidal wetlands, non-tidal wetlands, including those involving dredging or requiring: | You must complete the Joint Federal/State Application for the Alteration of Any Floodplain, Waterway, Tidal or Non-tidal Wetland. |
| The Project will use federal funding or assistance, but will not require a federal permit: | You must request a Coastal Zone Management Act federal consistency determination from MDE. (For projects that also require a federal permit this review will be part of the Joint Permit Application.) |
Your project includes construction or modification of a bridge or causeway across a navigable waterway of the U. S. : | You must apply for a Coast Guard bridge permit. This includes all temporary bridges used for construction access or traffic detour. |
