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Ch. 386
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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CHAPTER 386
(House Bill 668)
AN ACT concerning
Strip Mining of Coal
FOR the purpose of requiring that an operator rather than the
Department publish notice of the release of a bond for a
permitted strip mine; authorizing the Department to enter on
private property for purposes of access to any open-pit
mining or prospecting operation, subject to certain notice
to property owners and subject to judicial order where
necessary; requiring that the Bureau of Mines shall
reimburse a property owner for any damages resulting from
such entry on private property; authorizing the Department
to extend beyond 90 days the abatement scheduled for a strip
mining violation; altering requirements concerning
prospecting for coal to provide for written approval of the
Bureau only where prospecting will result in substantial
disturbance to the land or harm to water supplies or water
quality, subject to certain bond requirements, to place a
certain limit on the amount of coal which may be removed
during prospecting, to establish certain procedures where
written approval is necessary, and to protect trade secrets
or confidential commercial or financial information
submitted by a prospector; making a technical correction to
provide that the Department is authorized to place a lien on
all abandoned mine reclamation projects conducted under
Title 7, Subtitle 9 of the Natural Resources Article and is
precluded from placing a lien on such projects under certain
conditions; and generally relating to regulatory
requirements for the strip mining of coal and reclamation of
abandoned mining areas.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 7-506(h), 7-507(c), and 7-907(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1982 Supplement)
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BY repealing
Article - Natural Resources
Section 7-514.6
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1982 Supplement)
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BY adding to
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