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Example

Maryland’s Solar Facilities Pollinator-Friendly Designation Act

Maryland’s SB 1158 (2017) charges the Maryland Department of Natural Resources with creating a pollinator friendly designation program,promulgating regulations and a scorecard. The scorecard must be recommended by the University of Maryland Bee Lab. The regulations must be approved and posted in the Maryland Register for comments before they become effective. The owner of the solar facility may be charged a fee to cover reasonable costs associated with the pollinator friendly designation.

Documents

  • Existing Examples

    MD Pollinator Scorecard Draft

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  • Existing Laws

    Solar Facilities Pollinator-Friendly Designation (S.B. 1158)

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  • Existing Examples

    Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources webpage on Solar Generation Facilities - Pollinator-Friendly Designation

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Related Resources

Resource

Report, Pollinator-Friendly Solar in Indiana

States and State Governments Example

South Carolina’s Solar Habitat Act (2018)

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Illinois’ Pollinator-Friendly Solar Site Act (2018)

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Report, State Pollinator-Friendly Solar Initiatives

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Minnesota’s Pollinator-Friendly Solar Act

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Michigan’s Farmland Open Space Preservation Program

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