1006                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                            [Ch. 4

1.  ADVANCE THE PROTECTION AND RESTORATION
OF LAND, WATER AND OTHER RESOURCES AFFECTED BY MINING.

2.   ASSIST IN THE REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION
OR COUNTERACTING OF POLLUTION OR DETERIORATION OF
LAND, WATER AND AIR ATTRIBUTABLE TO MINING.

3.    ENCOURAGE, WITH DUE RECOGNITION OF
RELEVANT REGIONAL, PHYSICAL, AND OTHER DIFFERENCES,
PROGRAMS IN EACH OF THE PARTY STATES WHICH WILL
ACHIEVE COMPARABLE RESULTS IN PROTECTING, CONSERVING,
AND IMPROVING THE USEFULNESS OF NATURAL RESOURCES, TO
THE END THAT THE MOST DESIRABLE CONDUCT OF MINING AND
RELATED OPERATIONS MAY BE UNIVERSALLY FACILITATED.

4. ASSIST THE PARTY STATES IN THEIR
EFFORTS TO FACILITATE THE USE OF LAND AND OTHER
RESOURCES AFFECTED BY MINING, SO THAT SUCH USE MAY BE
CONSISTENT WITH SOUND LAND USE, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND
PUBLIC SAFETY, AND TO THIS END TO STUDY AND RECOMMEND,
WHEREVER DESIRABLE, TECHNIQUES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT,
RESTORATION OF PROTECTION OF SUCH LAND AND OTHER
RESOURCES.

5. ASSIST IN ACHIEVING AND MAINTAINING AN
EFFICIENT AND PRODUCTIVE MINING INDUSTRY AND IN
INCREASING ECONOMIC AND OTHER BENEFITS ATTRIBUTABLE TO
MINING.

ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
AS USED IN THIS COMPACT, THE TERM:

(A) "MINING" MEANS THE BREAKING OF THE SURFACE
SOIL IN ORDER TO FACILITATE OR ACCOMPLISH THE
EXTRACTION OR REMOVAL OF MINERALS, ORES, OR OTHER
SOLID MATTER; ANY ACTIVITY OR PROCESS CONSTITUTING ALL
OR PART OF A PROCESS FOR THE EXTRACTION OR REMOVAL OF
MINERALS, ORES, AND OTHER SOLID MATTER FROM ITS
ORIGINAL LOCATION; AND THE PREPARATION, WASHING,
CLEANING, OR OTHER TREATMENT OF MINERALS, ORES, OR
OTHER SOLID MATTER SO AS TO MAKE THEM SUITABLE FOR
COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OR CONSTRUCTION USE; BUT SHALL
NOT INCLUDE THOSE ASPECTS OF DEEP MINING NOT HAVING
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE SURFACE, AND SHALL NOT
INCLUDE EXCAVATION OR GRADING WHEN CONDUCTED SOLELY IN
AID OF ON SITE FARMING OR CONSTRUCTION.

(E) "STATE" MEANS A STATE OF THE UNITED