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determined by the Director of the Bureau of Mines to be physically
impossible, and funds received from special reclamation fees estab-
lished by Section 665 662(C), or from any other source, may be used
by him for the foresting or reclaiming of other lands affected by open
pit mining of bituminous coal.

(b) If one operator succeeds another at any uncompleted opera-
tion, either by sale, assignment, lease, or otherwise, the Director
of the Bureau of Mines may release the first operator from all liabil-
ity under this subheading as to that particular operation; if both
operators have registered and have otherwise complied with the
requirements of this subheading and the successor operator assumes
as part of his obligation under this subheading all liability for
backfilling, grading, planting, and reclamation on the land affected
by the former operator.

674.

If prior to June 1, 1967, an operator has permanently ceased the
removal of coal by open pit mining at all mining operations within
this State and bonds have been posted for any such operations, but
the backfilling and planting of lands affected by the operations have
not been completed and the bonds have not been released, the lands
shall be backfilled and planted and bonds released in accordance
with the requirements of Sections 657 through 674, inclusive, of this
article as they existed immediately prior to June 1, 1967.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any provision of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held
invalid for any reason, the invalidity shall not affect the other pro-
visions or any other application of this Act which can be given
effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end
all the provisions of this Act are declared to be severable.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of
laws, public general or public local, inconsistent with the provisions
of this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of any such incon-
sistency.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved April 14, 1967.

CHAPTER 145

(Senate Bill 33)

AN ACT creating the Greater Baltimore Consolidated Wholesale
Food Market Authority as an instrumentality of the State of
Maryland; providing for the appointment of the members of the
authority; authorizing the authority to establish, construct, erect,
acquire, repair, remodel, add to, extend, improve, equip, operate,
and maintain a consolidated wholesale food market within the
Greater Baltimore Region, including parking and other ancillary