MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                        1039

mediately prior to June 1, 1967. All pits mined between June 1,
1967, and July 1, 1969, under then valid permits, and for which
legally sufficient backfilling bonds had then been posted, shall be
backfilled in accordance with the requirements of Sections 657 to 674,
inclusive, of this Article as said sections existed immediately prior
to July 1,1969.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That operators holding strip
mining permits as of the effective date of this Act shall submit a
Mining and Reclamation Plan to the Bureau of Mines within twelve
(12) months of the effective date of this Act pertaining to that
portion of the operation not yet affected. If the Land Reclamation
Committee fails to approve of any such plan the Director shall sus-
pend the permit in question until such time as the Land Reclamation
Committee does approve of a plan for the operation involved. Failure
of the Committee to act upon the Mining and Reclamation plan
within sixty (60) days after its submission shall constitute ap-
proval of said plan. THE LAND RECLAMATION COMMITTEE
SHALL REVIEW THE PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 662(B-1) OF THIS SUBHEADING.
After plans have been approved operators shall submit annual and
final mining and reclamation reports to the Bureau of Mines in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this subtitle.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any provisions of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held
invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the other
provisions 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 hereby declared to be severable.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved May 2, 1969.

CHAPTER 415
(House Bill 1298)

AN ACT to add new Sections 411V through 411AD to Article 66C of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1967 Replacement Volume), title
"Natural Resources," subtitle "Patuxent River Watershed," to
follow immediately after Section 411U thereof and to be under the
new subheading "Sediment and Waste Control" to provide for the
control of pollution of the Patuxent River as caused by sewage:
by establishing standards for sewage outflow from all treatment
plants within the Watershed; by requiring such plants to submit
plans for meeting such standards; by prohibiting the dumping of
waste into the river; by requiring approved sedimentation control
and sewage disposal plans as a prerequisite to the issuance of any
building permit within the Watershed for any structure other than
agricultural or large lot single-family dwellings; by requiring
approved sedimentation and sewage disposal plans as a pre-