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Delegate Tai B. Morgan pushes statewide overhaul of living-shoreline waiver process
Summary
Delegate Tai B. Morgan said House Bill 613 would make Maryland’s living-shoreline waiver process more transparent by requiring MDE to consult soil conservation districts, publish a scoring system for project evaluations, and report progress to the legislature by Dec. 1, 2026. Chesapeake Bay Foundation expressed conditional support.
Delegate Tai B. Morgan told the Education, Energy and the Environment Committee that House Bill 613 would replace a patchwork waiver process with a more transparent, collaborative approach for shoreline management across Maryland. "Too often it feels top-down," Morgan said, describing long review times, unclear denials and expenses that leave property owners uncertain while their shorelines erode.
The bill redefines…
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