All regulations, including regulated area boundary
maps, promulgated or amended by the Agency, pursuant to the Act shall
be submitted to the Commissioner not later than 10 days after their
adoption.
In the event that the Commissioner shall find
any part of the Agency's regulation not in conformity, the Commissioner
shall issue a notice of nonconformance which shall include:
A.
The reasons for holding any part to be nonconforming.
B.
The section or sections whose operation and effect
shall be suspended until they shall be amended and resubmitted.
C.
The extent to which the Commissioner shall exercise
jurisdiction over the municipal wetlands and watercourses for their
protection in the interval between the issuance of a notice on nonconformance
and the resubmission of amended regulations, including boundary maps.
A.
The Agency shall, pursuant to the provisions for adopting
and amending regulations contained in the Act, initiate proceedings
to amend such nonconformance.
B.
Upon disapproval of any regulations, the Commissioner
shall assume jurisdiction over those portions of the regulations as
may be necessary to assure continuity of wetlands and watercourse
regulation in the Town. This jurisdiction shall cease upon approval
of the regulations by the Commissioner.
C.
Failure of the Commissioner to issue a notice of nonconformance
within 60 days of the receipt of such regulations, maps, or amendments
shall be taken as approval of such regulations.
If municipal regulations were not submitted
to and granted approval by the Commissioner in a preliminary form
prior to adoption, they shall not become effective until granted final
written approval by the Commissioner.
