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Caroline planning panel objects to Bay Restoration Fund use for Miscanthus project, assigns R3 code
Summary
The Caroline County Planning Commission voted to mark the Twin Maples Farm Miscanthus clearinghouse review as not consistent with county plans (R3), citing concern that Bay Restoration Fund resources are being diverted from septic and wastewater upgrades to non‑wastewater projects.
The Caroline County Planning Commission voted to treat the Twin Maples Farm Miscanthus clearinghouse review as not consistent with county plans and policies (R3), signaling official opposition to use of Bay Restoration Fund (BRF) money for the proposed Clean Water Commerce Act projects on two Eastern Shore farms.
The vote followed a lengthy discussion about a draft comment the commission first issued in 2023. Leslies staff report (read in absentia) explained the clearinghouse review covers two projects (Twin Maples Farm in Caroline County and Lucy Farms in Dorchester County) seeking funding through the Maryland Clean Water Commerce Act via a Conservation Innovation Fund application to the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE).
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