Section 15-830 – Final Completion Inspection and Report
(a) On completion of reclamation of an area of affected land, the permittee immediately shall notify the Department. The Department shall make an inspection of the area, and if it finds that the permittee has not completed to the Department’s reasonable satisfaction all the reclamation required by the permit, the Department shall order the permittee to […]
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 15-832 – 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 15-833 – 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 15-834 – 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 15-813 – Permit Conditions for Dewatering a Pit in Karst Terrain
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Dewater” or “dewatering” means to pump water out of a pit. (3) “Karst terrain” means an irregular topography that is: (i) Caused by a solution of limestone and other carbonate rock; and (ii) Characterized by closed depressions, sinkholes, caverns, solution cavities, and underground channels that, partially or completely, […]
Section 15-829 – Abandoned or Halted Operations
(a) An operation is considered abandoned if no mineral has been produced or overburden removed for a period of one year, and the permittee has vacated the site of the operation covered by the permit without having complied with all the requirements of the mining and reclamation plan, verified by inspection and written report made by […]
Section 15-814 – Length of Term of Permit
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a surface mining permit shall be granted for such period as requested and deemed reasonable, but not exceeding 25 years. If the mining operation has been completed and the reclamation required under the approved mining and reclamation plan is completed prior to the expiration of the […]
Section 15-815 – Permit Modification
(a) Any permittee engaged in surface mining under a surface mining permit may apply at any time for modification of the permit. The application shall be in writing on forms furnished by the Department and fully state the information called for. In addition, the applicant may be required to furnish other information the Department reasonably deems […]
Section 15-816 – Permit Renewal
(a) The procedure to be followed and standards to be applied in renewing a permit shall be the same as those for the initial application for a permit, except that it is not necessary to resubmit information which has not changed since the time of the original application, if the applicant so states in writing. However, […]