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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 172

Approved April 13, 1976.

CHAPTER 173

(House Bill 568)

AN ACT concerning

Land Reclamation Committee

FOR the purpose of increasing the number of days after
the submission of a reclamation plan within which
the Land Reclamation Committee shall hold a public
hearing; providing for public notice of the hearing;
clarifying the language relating to mining and
reclamation plans; and correcting a reference and
making style changes.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources
Section 7-505(d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 7-505(d) of Article - Natural
Resources, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1974 Volume
and 1975 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and
reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article — Natural Resources

7-505.

(d) In addition to the provisions of subsection
[(b)] (C) OF THIS SECTION, each application for a permit
shall be accompanied by a detailed mining and reclamation
plan showing the manner, time, and distance for
backfilling, drainage, planting, and general reclamation
of the area affected. The Committee shall review [and
approve] the reclamation plan. [[The Committee shall
hold a hearing with the operator within [15] 30 days
after PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF submission of the plan.]]
THE COMMITTEE SHALL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED
LAND RECLAMATION PLAN AT LEAST 30 BUT NOT MORE THAN 60
DAYS AFTER PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE HEARING. NOTICE SHOULD
APPEAR IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE
JURISDICTION AFFECTED. After the hearing, the Committee
shall [either] approve, reject, or modify the proposed
plan. If it [takes no action] DOES NOT ACT on the
proposed plan within ten days after the hearing, the plan