(a) Except as provided in § 14-105 of this subtitle, any person aggrieved by any action of the Department may apply to the circuit court of the county in which the person resides or the well is located for review of its decision. Any other interested party may intervene. The Department may become a party to the appeal. The case shall be docketed at once but may not take precedence over any other civil cause, action, or proceeding on the docket. The court shall hear the proceedings de novo, determine all matters of law and fact without a jury, and render its decision approving, setting aside, or modifying the Department’s action.
(b) Any party aggrieved by the final decision of the court may appeal to the Court of Special Appeals.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Section 14-101 - Legislative Findings
Section 14-103 - Authority of Department to Adopt Rules and Regulations
Section 14-105 - Drilling Well and Disposing of Well's Products -- Application for Permit
Section 14-106 - Drilling Well and Disposing of Well's Products -- Bifurcation of Process
Section 14-107.1 - Hydraulic Fracturing Prohibited
Section 14-108 - Drilling Well and Disposing of Well's Products -- Denial of Permit
Section 14-109 - Seismic Operations; Permit Required; Use of Explosives
Section 14-110 - Conditions on Permits
Section 14-110.1 - Presumptive Impact Areas Around Gas Wells
Section 14-111 - Duties of Permittee
Section 14-112 - Location of Wells
Section 14-113 - Payment of Royalties When Leased Land Included Under Unit Agreement
Section 14-114 - Rules, Regulations, and Orders of Department
Section 14-117 - Appeal From Department's Decisions
Section 14-119 - Gas to Be Metered
Section 14-121 - Inspection of Coalbed Methane Production