WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 311

participated in the administrative proceedings as an objector,
and who is aggrieved by the decision of the Department, or if the
Department fails to act within the time limits specified in this
subtitle, shall have the right to judicial review in accordance
with the § 10-215 of the State Government Article.

7-507.

(c) [(3) Committee members may enter on any open-pit
operation to determine land reclamation conditions and progress.
Any deficiency noted shall be reported to the Department. The
Committee may order the Department to suspend the permit until
corrective action is taken.]

7-510.

[(a)] To encourage optimum revegetation, the Committee may
recommend to the Department that it contribute up to 50 percent
of the cost of fertilizer, lime, and seed required by an approved
mining and reclamation plan.

[(b) The Department may receive funds from any source and,
on approval of the Committee, expend the funds for reclamation
and revegetation of any strip-mined area.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved May 19, 1989.

CHAPTER 311

(Senate Bill 124)
AN ACT concerning

Wetlands - Amendments of Maps and Regulations

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Secretary of Natural Resources
to modify, correct, or update the existing wetlands boundary
maps and to amend the existing rules and regulations
pertaining to private wetlands; requiring certain notices
and public hearings; requiring maps and regulations to be
filed in a certain manner; clarifying the effect of wetlands
map amendments on the designation of the Chesapeake Bay
Critical Area; clarifying the definition of public notice;
and generally relating to the amendment of wetlands maps and
regulations.

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