Section 15-607 – Regulations Regarding Damage Due to Subsidence
The Department shall adopt regulations to protect against, prevent, or correct material damage due to subsidence.
Section 15-608 – Replacement of Water Supplies
(a) Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed as affecting the right of any person to enforce or protect that person’s interest in water resources affected by deep mining. (b) The operator of a deep mine shall replace the water supply of an owner of interest in real property who obtains all or part of the owner’s […]
Section 15-609 – Transfer of Permit
(a) When, by sale, lease, assignment, or otherwise, one operator succeeds to the interest of another in any uncompleted mining operation, the Department may release the first operator from all liabilities imposed on him by this subtitle with reference to the operation and transfer the permit to the successor operator, if both operators have complied with […]
Section 15-610 – Activities Not Meeting Requirements of Subtitle
(a) If the Department determines that the activities under the mining and reclamation plan and other terms and conditions of the permit fail substantially to achieve the purposes and requirements of this subtitle, the Department shall give the operator written notice of: (1) The Department’s determination; (2) The Department’s intention to modify the mining and reclamation plan and […]
Section 15-611 – Violations
(a) If the Department has reason to believe that a violation of this subtitle, any rules or regulations adopted under it, or the terms and conditions of a permit, including the approved mining and reclamation plan, has occurred, the Department shall serve written notice of a violation on the operator, specifying the facts constituting the apparent […]
Section 15-612 – Bond
(a) (1) After receiving notification that an application for a permit has been approved, but before commencing deep mining operations, the operator shall file a bond with the Department. (2) Before commencing operations on an additional opening not included in the original bond made in the application for a permit, the operator shall post an additional bond or […]
Section 15-613 – Forfeiture of Bond or Deposit
(a) The performance bond or cash deposit in lieu of a bond shall be forfeited on failure of the operator to perform in the manner set forth in the authorized mining and reclamation plan and to reclaim the land as provided for in the permit or on revocation of the permit. The Department shall notify the […]
Section 15-601 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Abandoned” means an operation from which coal has not been removed for a six-month period. (c) “Affected area” means: (i) the land within the permit area from which coal is removed and which is occupied by pillars; (ii) all land adjacent to the mine openings utilized […]