38-8A-5. Information and standards used as basis of guidelines.The guidelines for carrying out the program shall be based upon the following:(1)Relevant physical and developmental information concerning the watersheds and drainage basins of the state, including, but not limited to, data relating to land use, soils, hydrology, geology, size of land area being disturbed, proximate water bodies and their characteristics, transportation, and public facilities and services;(2)Existing surveys of lands and waters as may be deemed appropriate by the State Conservation Commission or required by any applicable law to identify areas, including multijurisdictional and watershed areas, with critical erosion and sediment problems; and(3)Conservation standards for various types of soils and land uses, which standards shall include criteria, techniques, and methods for the control of erosion and sediment resulting from land-disturbing activities. Source: SL 1976, ch 242, §3.
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