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998 LAWS OF MARYLAND [Ch. 4
ESTABLISHED BY §7-505(D), OR FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE, IN
ORDER TO FOREST OR RECLAIM ANY OTHER LAND AFFECTED BY
OPEN-PIT MINING OF BITUMINOUS COAL.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as Article 66C, section 673(a) of the Code.
The only changes made are in style.
(E) OPERATOR SUCCEEDING ANOTHER AT UNCOMPLETED
OPERATION.—IF CUE OPERATOR SUCCEEDS ANOTHER AT ANY
UNCOMPLETED OPERATION, EITHER BY SALE, ASSIGNMENT,
LEASE, OR OTHERWISE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU MAY
RELEASE THE FIRST OPERATOR FROM ALL LIABILITY UNDER
THIS SUBTITLE AS TO THAT PARTICULAR OPERATION I? BOTH
OPERATORS HAVE REGISTERED AND OTHERWISE COMPLIED WITH
THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBTITLE, AND THE SUCCESSOR
OPERATOR ASSUMES AS PART OF THIS OBLIGATION ALL
LIABILITY FOP BACKFILLING, GRADING, PLANTING, AND
RECLAMATION ON THE LAND AFFECTED BY THE FORMER
OPERATOR.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as Article 66C, section 673(b) of the Code.
The only changes made are in style.
7-515. APPLICATION OF PRIOR LAW.
EACH PIT MINED PRIOR TO JUNE 1, 1967, UNDER A
THEN VALID PERMIT, AND FOR WHICH A LEGALLY SUFFICIENT
BACKFILLING BOND WAS THEN POSTED, SHALL BE BACKFILLED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW IN
EFFECT ON MAY 31, 1967. EACH PIT MINED BETWEEN JUNE
1, 1967, AND JULY 1, 1969, UNDER A THEN VALID PERMIT
AND FOR WHICH A LEGALLY SUFFICIENT BACKFILLING BOND
HAD THEN BEEN POSTED, SHALL BE BACKFILLED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW IN EFFECT
ON JUNE 30, 1969.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Article 66C, section 674 of the Code. The
only changes made are in style.
7-516. PENALTIES UNDER SUBTITLE.
(A) PENALTY FOR OPEN-PIT MINING WITHOUT
LICENSE.--ANY PERSON WHO MINES COAL BY THE OPEN-PIT
MINING METHOD AS AN OPERATOR WITHOUT HAVING APPLIED
FOR AND RECEIVED A LICENSE AS PROVIDED IN THIS
SUBTITLE IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR. ON CONVICTION,
HE IS SUBJECT TO A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN $5,000 AND
NOT EXCEEDING $10,000, OR IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING
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