well rig operator. All licensed individuals must meet
statutory requirements for insurance and bonding.
When the Board receives complaints against well
drillers, it holds hearings and may revoke or suspend
licenses for violation of Board rules and regulations.
Any rule or regulation concerning the drilling of wells
proposed by the Department of the Environment
must be referred to the Board for comment.
The seven members of the Board are appointed
for two-year terms by the Governor with the advice
of the Secretary of the Environment and Senate
advice and consent. Authorization for the Board
continues until July 1, 2001 (Code Environment
Article, secs. 13-101 through 13-602).

CAPITAL PROJECTS PROGRAM
Virginia F. Kearney, Administrator
(410) 631-3574

The Capital Projects Program began in 1990 as
the Capital Projects Administration and received its
present name in 1992. The Program is responsible
for project development of all capital programs
within the Water Management Administration. To
improve water quality, the Program helps local
governments secure funding and plan, design, and
construct capital projects, such as water and waste-
water treatment plants, collection and distribution
systems, and pumping stations. The Program works
through six fund sources: the Biological Nutrient
Removal Cost-Share Program; the Maryland Water
Quality Revolving-Loan Fund, the Small Creeks and
Estuaries Restoration Cost-Share Program; the
Storm-water Pollution Control Cost-Share Program;
the Supplemental Assistance Program; and the
Water Supply Financial Assistance Program.
The Program also maintains a tracking system
for Department capital projects, reviews and ap-
proves county water and sewer plans, and adminis-
ters grant and loan payments and engineering
contracts of projects funded by the Program.

INSPECTION & COMPLIANCE PROGRAM
Jack Bowen, Administrator
(410) 631-3532

The Inspection and Compliance Program origi-
nated in 1988 as the Compliance Program and was
reorganized under its present name in 1992. In
1995, enforcement functions from the Water Re-
sources Administration of the Department of Natu-
ral Resources were added to the Program.
To ensure compliance with permits and other
authorizations, the Program inspects coal and non-
coal surface mining, gas and oil-well drilling, and
tidal and nontidal wetlands and waterways projects.
It also inspects dams and projects operating under
a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) permit. By inspection, the Program en-
forces approved plans to control sediment and

manage stormwater at all State and federal con-
struction projects. The Program also enforces ap-
proved sediment control plans on all private
construction projects unless enforcement has been
delegated to local government.

MINING PROGRAM
Anthony F. Abar, Administrator
(410) 974-3874

The Mining Program oversees two divisions:
Coal Mining; and Minerals, Oil and Gas. It is
assisted by the Aggregates Mining Advisory Coun-
cil and the Land Reclamation Committee.

AGGREGATES MINING ADVISORY COUNCIL

Timothy Schmidt, Chair

The Aggregates Mining Advisory Council was
formed by the Governor in 1995 (Executive Order
01.01.1995.16). The Council advises the Secretary of
the Environment on regulating the mining of aggre-
gates, the mineral materials used to make concrete.
The Council's six members are appointed by the
Governor, who names the chair from the three mem-
bers representing the aggregates mining industry.

LAND RECLAMATION COMMITTEE
David Fluke, Chair
Anthony F. Abar, Executive Secretary

The Land Reclamation Committee started in
1967 (Chapter 144, Acts of 1967). The Committee
studies, recommends, and approves procedures to
reclaim, conserve, and replant land affected by
open-pit coal mining in Maryland. The Committee
reviews mining and reclamation plans, progress
reports, and final reports. It establishes plans and
procedures, as well as practical guidelines, for
prompt and sufficient reclamation, conservation,
and revegetation of all lands disturbed by open-pit
mining of bituminous coal within the State.
The Committee consists of thirteen members. The
Governor appoints four members to three-year terms:
two mining industry representatives, appointed with
Senate advice and consent; one Allegany County
Planning and Zoning Commission member, recom-
mended by the Allegany County Board of County
Commissioners and appointed with Senate advice and
consent; and one Garrett County Planning Commis-
sion member, recommended by the Garrett County
Board of County Commissioners and appointed with
House of Delegates advice and consent. The Secretary
of Natural Resources appoints three members to serve
three-year terms. The Secretary of the Environment
appoints four members and names the chair. The Soil
Conservation Districts of Allegany County and Gar-
rett County each are represented on the Committee
(Code Environment Article, secs. 15-204, 15-205).