Maryland Statutes
Title 15 - Mines and Mining
Subtitle 8 - Surface Mining

Section 15-801 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 15-802 - Legislative Intent - (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) The...

Section 15-803 - Regulations - (a) The Department may adopt regulations reasonably necessary for the...

Section 15-804 - Review of Mineral Resources Plans - (a) The Department shall review mineral resources plan elements developed...

Section 15-805 - Surface Mined Land Reclamation Fund - (a) All funds received by the Department from license fees,...

Section 15-806 - Surface Mine Inspectors - The Department may employ qualified surface mine inspectors and other...

Section 15-807 - Surface Mining License - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a person...

Section 15-808 - Surface Mining Permit Generally - (a) A licensee may not engage in surface mining within...

Section 15-809 - Review of Application and Accompanying Documents; Notice; Hearing - (a) On receipt of an application and accompanying documents, the...

Section 15-810 - Approval or Denial of Permit - (a) The Department shall approve and grant or deny the...

Section 15-811 - Conditions for a Permit - (a) Any permit issued shall be expressly conditioned upon compliance...

Section 15-812 - Dewatering in Karst Terrain; Legislative Intent; Zones of Dewatering Influence Established; Program Established - (a) The General Assembly finds that in certain regions of...

Section 15-813 - Permit Conditions for Dewatering a Pit in Karst Terrain - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 15-814 - Length of Term of Permit - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 15-815 - Permit Modification - (a) Any permittee engaged in surface mining under a surface...

Section 15-816 - Permit Renewal - (a) The procedure to be followed and standards to be...

Section 15-817 - Effective Date of Modification or Renewal - No modification or renewal of a permit becomes effective until...

Section 15-818 - New Permit in Lieu of Modification or Renewal - In lieu of a modification or renewal, a permittee may...

Section 15-819 - Transfer of Permit - (a) When the interest of a permittee in any uncompleted...

Section 15-820 - Departmental Modification of Permit or of Mining and Reclamation Plan - (a) If the Department determines from the inspections of the...

Section 15-821 - Suspension or Revocation of a Permit - (a) (1) The Department shall serve written notice of a...

Section 15-822 - Mining and Reclamation Plan - (a) The applicant shall submit with his application for a...

Section 15-823 - Performance Bonds or Cash Deposits - (a) After receiving notification from the Department that the application...

Section 15-824 - Release of Bond - (a) On completion of the mining operations, and after the...

Section 15-825 - Forfeiture of Bond - (a) The performance bond or cash deposit in lieu of...

Section 15-826 - Mining After Forfeiture of Bond - No permittee may conduct surface mining within the State if...

Section 15-827 - Annual Mining and Reclamation Reports - (a) The permittee shall file an operations and progress report...

Section 15-828 - Inspection and Approval of Reclamation - (a) At any reasonable time which the Department elects, but...

Section 15-829 - Abandoned or Halted Operations - (a) An operation is considered abandoned if no mineral has...

Section 15-830 - Final Completion Inspection and Report - (a) On completion of reclamation of an area of affected...

Section 15-831 - Specifications for Construction Projects - Architects, engineers, or other persons preparing specifications for construction projects,...

Section 15-832 - Civil Action and Injunction - (a) In addition to the State prosecuting a criminal action...

Section 15-833 - Inapplicability of Subtitle - This subtitle, including reclamation requirements, does not apply to surface...

Section 15-834 - Exemptions - (a) (1) The provisions of this subtitle do not apply...