Maryland Natural Resources Section 8-1002

      The Department shall:

            (1)      Develop and implement a program to educate the public on every phase of shore and bank erosion, its causes and effects, the locations where erosion is a problem, and steps to be taken to control erosion;

            (2)      Review petitions for formation of shore erosion control districts presented to any county and report to the county as provided in Article 25, § 167B of the Code;

            (3)      Provide technical assistance to individual property owners, municipalities, and counties having specific shore and bank erosion problems;

            (4)      Design or cause to be designed shore erosion control projects, including vegetative cover, in shore erosion control districts;

            (5)      Enter into agreements with any person to construct shore erosion control projects;

            (6)      Administer the Fund to provide loans to any person in support of construction of shore erosion control projects;

            (7)      Supervise or provide supervision of design and erection of any shore protective device the Fund finances in whole or part;

            (8)      Prepare requests for appropriation of funds necessary to maintain the Fund;

            (9)      Cooperate with the following units:

                  (i)      The State Highway Administration for shore erosion control where essential to protect municipal, county, or State roads;

                  (ii)      The United States Army Corps of Engineers to conduct shore erosion studies; and

                  (iii)      The Soil Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture to evaluate and apply vegetative measures for shore erosion control;

            (10)      Design, construct, and maintain shore erosion control works on State-owned lands if these projects are included in the budget for the Fund;

            (11)      Actively seek to obtain available funds from the federal government for shore erosion control projects; and

            (12)      Adopt regulations to implement this subtitle.