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Ch. 185
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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BY adding to
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Article - Natural Resources
Section 6-102(1) and (m)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1976 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 6-101, 6-102(g), 6-104, and
6-106 (a) of Article - Natural Resources, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1974 Volume and 1976
Supplement) be and they are hereby repealed and
reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows:
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Article - Natural Resources
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6-101.
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It is in the public interest to foster, encourage,
and promote the development, production, and utilization
of natural resources of oil and gas in the state, to
prevent waste, TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES OF
THE STATE FROM ADVERSE EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH DRILLING,
PRODUCTION, AND UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF GAS AND OIL, and
TO protect fully the rights of every owner to the end
that landowners, royalty owners, producers of oil and
gas, and the general public realize and enjoy the
greatest possible good from these vital natural
resources.
6-102.
(g) "Owner" means the person who has the right to
drill into and produce from a pool, OR TO STORE IN A
POOL, and appropriate the oil or gas he produces OR
STORES either for himself or others.
6-104.
A person may not drill any well for THE PRODUCTION
OR UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF gas or oil in the state without
obtaining a permit from the department under the terms
and conditions and on the forms the department
prescribes. The permit serves as the permit required
under the provisions of Title 8 of this article, dealing
with well drillers, A person may not dispose of any
product of a gas or oil well without a permit issued by
the department.
6-106.
(a) A well for the production OR UNDERGROUND
STORAGE of gas or oil may not be drilled on any property
nearer than 1,000 feet to the boundary of the property
except by agreement with the owners of the gas and oil on
adjacent lands.
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