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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 391

generally to strip mining of coal in the State of
Maryland.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 7-501; 7-505(a), (b), (c), (d), and (h); 7-506;

7-507(c); 7-508; 7-509(a) and (b); 7-510;

7-511; 7-512; 7-513; 7-516(b), (d), and (e);

and 7-517(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1978 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Natural Resources

Section 7-503(c); 7-505.1; 7-507(d), (e), (f), and (g);

7-517(c); 7-517.1; 7-519; 7-520; 7-521; 7-522;

and 7-5A-03(e) and (f)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1978 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article - Natural Resources

Section 7-515

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

7-501

(a)  In this subtitle the following words have the
meanings indicated.

(b)  "Abandoned" means an operation where no coal has
been produced or overburden removed for a period of six
months.

(c)  "Auger mining" means the mechanical removal of
coal from the subsurface by augering from the outcrop. It is
an integral part of open-pit mining.

(d)  "Committee" means Land Reclamation Committee.

[(e) "Completed" means an operation where the
backfilling, planting, and other requirements of the permit
have been accomplished and growth is such that the operator
qualifies for release of the revegetation bond.]