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Subtitle 1 - In General
Section 14-101 - Legislative Findings - The General Assembly finds and declares that the production and...
Section 14-102 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 14-103 - Authority of Department to Adopt Rules and Regulations - The Department may enforce effectively the provisions of this subtitle...
Section 14-104 - Drilling Well and Disposing of Well's Products -- Permit Required; Environmental Assessment - (a) A person may not drill any well for the...
Section 14-105 - Drilling Well and Disposing of Well's Products -- Application for Permit - (a) (1) An applicant for a permit to drill a...
Section 14-106 - Drilling Well and Disposing of Well's Products -- Bifurcation of Process - (a) The Department may bifurcate an application to drill for...
Section 14-107 - Drilling Well and Disposing of Well's Products -- Chesapeake Bay or Tributaries; Chesapeake Bay Critical Area - Notwithstanding any other law, a person may not drill for...
Section 14-107.1 - Hydraulic Fracturing Prohibited - (a) In this section, “hydraulic fracturing” means a stimulation treatment...
Section 14-108 - Drilling Well and Disposing of Well's Products -- Denial of Permit - The Department shall deny the permit if the Department determines...
Section 14-109 - Seismic Operations; Permit Required; Use of Explosives - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 14-110 - Conditions on Permits - (a) (1) A permit shall be expressly conditioned upon compliance...
Section 14-110.1 - Presumptive Impact Areas Around Gas Wells - (a) In this section, “water supply” means a source of...
Section 14-111 - Duties of Permittee - (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section,...
Section 14-112 - Location of Wells - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...
Section 14-113 - Payment of Royalties When Leased Land Included Under Unit Agreement - On completion of a well producing gas or oil on...
Section 14-114 - Rules, Regulations, and Orders of Department - (a) Except in an emergency, a rule, regulation, order, or...
Section 14-115 - Subpoenas - (a) The Department may summon witnesses, administer oaths, and require...
Section 14-116 - Rehearings for Persons Adversely Affected by a Rule, Regulation, or Order of Department - Any person adversely affected by any rule, regulation, determination, or...
Section 14-117 - Appeal From Department's Decisions - (a) Except as provided in § 14-105 of this subtitle,...
Section 14-118 - Injunctions - Upon application of the Department, verified by oath or affirmation,...
Section 14-119 - Gas to Be Metered - (a) A person who is the owner or operator of...
Section 14-120 - Penalties - (a) For each offense, any person who willfully violates any...
Section 14-121 - Inspection of Coalbed Methane Production - (a) The Department may make inspections as it determines necessary...
Section 14-122 - Oil and Gas Fund - (a) There is an Oil and Gas Fund. (b) The...
Section 14-123 - Use of Money - The Department shall use money in the Fund solely to...
Section 14-124 - Report - Beginning November 1, 2010, the Department shall report each year...
Section 14-125 - Regulations - The Department shall adopt regulations: (1) To carry out this...
Subtitle 2 - Prince George's County Underground Storage Act
Section 14-201 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 14-202 - Authority of Gas Storage Company to Acquire Use of Geological Strata - (a) Subject to the limitations and provisions contained in this...
Section 14-203 - Prerequisites to Exercise of Right of Eminent Domain; Underground Gas Storage Permit - The right to take by eminent domain under § 14–202(a)...
Section 14-204 - Rights of Landowners - (a) In any eminent domain proceedings under § 14–202(a) and...
Section 14-205 - Right of Gas Storage Companies to Use Strata Subject to Landowner's Right to Penetrate - The right to utilize geological strata for the underground storage...
Section 14-206 - Property Rights in Gas Injected Into Underground Storage; Capture of Such Gas in Other Counties - Gas injected into underground storage in Prince George’s County which...
Section 14-207 - Underground Storage Use Fee - For the privilege of using geological strata beneath the surface...
Section 14-208 - Effect on Other Law Vesting Power of Eminent Domain in Storage Company - Nothing in this subtitle limits or impairs any right to...
Section 14-209 - Effect on Other Laws Relating to Underground Storage of Gas or Pollution of Underground Waters - Nothing in this subtitle repeals, amends, or otherwise affects any...
Subtitle 3 - Storage of Natural or Artificial Gas and Petroleum Products in Prince George's County
Section 14-301 - "Department" Defined - Department” means the Department of the Environment.
Section 14-302 - Subtitle Applicable to Prince George's County Only - The provisions of this subtitle apply only to the storage...
Section 14-303 - Rules and Regulations; Protection of Waters - The Department shall prescribe rules and regulations to effectuate the...
Section 14-304 - Regulations in Addition to Rules of Department - The following regulations are additional to the regulations prescribed by...
Section 14-305 - Permit for Drilling, Digging, etc., for Underground Storage Area -- Required - A person may not drill, bore, drive, dig, or otherwise...
Section 14-306 - Permit for Drilling, Digging, etc., for Underground Storage Area -- Map of Engineer or Geologist to Show Location; Review of Permit Application by Department; Grant or Denial - Every application for a permit shall be accompanied by at...
Section 14-307 - Injunctive Relief - The provisions of this subtitle are enforceable by proceedings in...
Section 14-308 - Penalty - Any person who violates the provisions of this subtitle is...
Subtitle 4 - Interstate Oil and Gas Compact
Section 14-401 - Governor Directed to Join in Name of State - The Governor, for and in the name of the State...
Section 14-402 - Extensions and Withdrawal Authorized - The Governor, for and in the name of the State,...
Section 14-403 - Governor Official Representative; Assistant Representative - The Governor is the official representative of the State on...
Section 14-404 - Terms - Article I This agreement may become effective within any compacting...
Subtitle 5 - Coastal Facilities Review Act
Section 14-501 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 14-502 - Legislative Findings and Intent; Citation of Subtitle - (a) Maryland’s coastal area, which borders the Atlantic Ocean and...
Section 14-503 - Permit for Construction of Facility -- Required; Exemption as to Facilities Begun or in Existence Prior to July 1, 1975; Rules and Regulations - (a) A person may not construct, or cause to be...
Section 14-504 - Permit for Construction of Facility -- Application Generally; Information to Accompany Application; Fees; Cooperation of State Units and Departments - (a) Any person proposing to construct a facility in the...
Section 14-505 - Permit for Construction of Facility -- Effect of Application and Action Taken Thereon - Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of this article, an application for...
Section 14-506 - Permit for Construction of Facility -- Impact Statement Required; Advisory Comments From Certain State Departments; County Action Prerequisite to Processing Application, Etc - (a) Upon the filing of an application and prior to...
Section 14-507 - Permit for Construction of Facility -- Prerequisites to Further Action by Secretary; Public Hearing Required; Information to Bemade Available to Public; Notice of Hearing - (a) Further action may not be taken by the Secretary...
Section 14-508 - Permit for Construction of Facility -- Grant, Conditional Grant or Denial of Permit; Periodic Inspections to Determine Compliance With Terms of Permit - (a) Within 90 days following the completion of the public...
Section 14-509 - Permit for Construction of Facility -- Judicial Review of Action on Application - (a) A request for judicial review of the Secretary’s action...
Section 14-510 - Violations; Injunctions; Penalty - (a) Any person who violates any provision of this subtitle...
Section 14-511 - Construction of Subtitle - (a) This subtitle shall be liberally construed to effectuate its...