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SENATE
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This bill increases the land reclamation fee from $40 to $75
per acre for each coal operator applying for a permit to mine
coal by open-pit or strip method, and repeals the requirement
that the State match this fee and deposit it in the Bituminous
Coal Open-Pit Mining Reclamation Fund. Fee revenues are to be
used to backfill, grade, and plant areas affected by open-pit
mining.
House Bill 227, which was passed by the General Assembly and
signed by me on May 31, 1983, accomplishes the same purpose.
Therefore it is not necessary for me to sign Senate Bill 289.
Sincerely,
Harry Hughes
Governor
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Senate Bill No. 289
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AN ACT concerning
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Strip Mining of Coal - Reclamation of Land -
Bond Forfeitures
FOR the purpose of repealing a requirement that this State match
a certain fee paid by a coal operator for each acre of land
affected by open-pit or strip mining of coal in this State;
increasing the fee that a coal operator must pay for each
acre of land that the coal operator mines by open-pit or
strip mining of coal; providing that the fee shall be paid
only when an acre is initially permitted; requiring the
Secretary of Natural Resources to use the fees generated
under this Act to backfill, grade, and plant areas affected
by open-pit or strip mining; requiring the Secretary of
Natural Resources to cover certain deficiencies in the
reclamation of open-pit or strip mined land; repealing
certain provisions of law relating to the reclamation of
strip mined land; and generally relating to reclaiming land
affected by open-pit or strip mining.
BY repealing
Article - Natural Resources
Section 7-501(y), 7-514.1, 7-514.2, 7-514.3, 7-514.4, and
7-514.5
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1982 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 7-505(e)
Annotated Code of Maryland
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