Section 15-1109 – Department’s Right of Entry
The Department shall have the right to enter upon any property where there is no reasonable expectation of privacy for the purpose of conducting studies or exploratory work to determine the existence of adverse effects of past coal mining practices and to determine the feasibility of restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention of such adverse […]
Section 15-831 – Specifications for Construction Projects
Architects, engineers, or other persons preparing specifications for construction projects, which specifications include the requirement that the construction contractor supply fill for the project, shall include within the specifications a specific reference to this subtitle and the rules and regulations pertaining to it adopted by the Department. If this reference is omitted from the specifications […]
Section 15-1201 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Mineral” includes: (1) Gas; (2) Oil and oil shale; (3) Coal; (4) Gaseous, liquid, and solid hydrocarbons; (5) Cement materials, sand and gravel, road materials, and building stone; (6) Chemical substances; (7) Gemstone, metallic, fissionable, and nonfissionable ores; and (8) Colloidal and other clay, steam, and geothermal resources. (c) “Mineral interest” means an interest […]
Section 15-832 – Civil Action and Injunction
(a) In addition to the State prosecuting a criminal action under any provision of this subtitle, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the circuit court of the county or city where the mining operation is located against any person who violates any provision of this subtitle or any regulation, permit, notice, or order […]
Section 15-1202 – In General
(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, this subtitle applies to all mineral interests. (2) This subtitle does not apply to a mineral interest: (i) Held by the United States or a Native American tribe, except to the extent permitted by federal law; or (ii) Held by the State or an agency or political subdivision of […]
Section 15-833 – Inapplicability of Subtitle
This subtitle, including reclamation requirements, does not apply to surface mining operations or mined lands in existence on the effective date, July 1, 1975, nor to their continuance and extension for 18 months from that date, but subsequent operations of existing surface mines may be continued only by permit of the Department under the provisions […]
Section 15-1203 – Action to Terminate Dormant Mineral Interest
(a) (1) On or after October 1, 2011, a surface owner of real property that is subject to a mineral interest may maintain an action to terminate a dormant mineral interest. (2) A mineral interest is dormant for the purpose of this subtitle if: (i) The mineral interest is unused for a period of 20 or more years preceding […]
Section 15-834 – Exemptions
(a) (1) The provisions of this subtitle do not apply to activities of the State Highway Administration, any county roads department in the State, any legally constituted public governing entities such as municipal corporations, or to activities of any person acting under contract with any of these public agencies or entities, on highway rights-of-way or borrow pits […]
Section 15-901 – Terms
The Interstate Mining Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: Article I Findings and Purposes (a) The party states find that: 1. Mining and the contributions thereof to the economy and well–being of every state are of basic significance. 2. The effects of […]
Section 15-902 – Commission to File Copies of Bylaws With Department
In accordance with Article V (i) of the compact, the Commission shall file copies of its bylaws and any amendments thereto with the Department of the Environment.