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§ 15-516. Water supply replacement reserve

West's Annotated Code of MarylandEnvironment

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Environment
Title 15. Mines and Mining (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 5. Strip Mining
MD Code, Environment, § 15-516
§ 15-516. Water supply replacement reserve
Currentness
Established
(a) The Secretary shall establish within the Bituminous Coal Open-Pit Mining Reclamation Fund a reserve to be used to replace water supplies that are determined to have been affected by an open-pit mining operation, after all the bonds under § 15-507 of this subtitle covering the operation that affected the water supply have been released in accordance with § 15-507 of this subtitle.
Payment into reserve
(b) One cent of the mine reclamation surcharge that the Department assesses for each ton of coal removed by the open-pit or strip method under § 15-509 of this subtitle shall be paid into the water supply replacement reserve.
Termination and resumption of payment into fund
(c)(1) When the amount of the reserve equals or exceeds $50,000, payment of the 1 cent into the reserve shall end temporarily.
(2) When the amount of the reserve is reduced below $25,000 because of payment made under this section, payment of the 1 cent into the reserve shall resume.

Credits

Added by Acts 1988, c. 466. Amended by Acts 1989, c. 531, § 1. Renumbered from Natural Resources § 7-514.1 by Acts 1995, c. 488, § 2, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1995, c. 488, § 16, eff. July 1, 1995.
MD Code, Environment, § 15-516, MD ENVIR § 15-516
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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