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§ 15-1103. Federal-State Reclamation Fund; Acid Mine Drainage Abatement and Treatment Fund

West's Annotated Code of MarylandEnvironmentEffective: October 1, 2011

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Environment
Title 15. Mines and Mining (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 11. Abandoned Mine Reclamation
Effective: October 1, 2011
MD Code, Environment, § 15-1103
§ 15-1103. Federal-State Reclamation Fund; Acid Mine Drainage Abatement and Treatment Fund
Currentness
Federal-State Reclamation Fund
(a) Except for funds deposited in the Acid Mine Drainage Abatement and Treatment Fund under subsection (b) of this section, any funds the Department receives pursuant to Title IV of the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 19771 shall be deposited, together with any other funds appropriated for the purposes of this subtitle, in a special fund on the books of the Comptroller of the Treasury in an account known as the “Federal-State Reclamation Fund”. The Department shall use the funds to accomplish the purposes of this subtitle in accordance with the provisions of this subtitle. The provisions of this subtitle shall apply only to the “Federal-State Reclamation Fund”.
Acid Mine Drainage Abatement and Treatment Fund
(b)(1) There is an Acid Mine Drainage Abatement and Treatment Fund in the Department.
(2) Funds granted to the Department for acid mine drainage abatement and treatment under Title IV of the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended, may be deposited by the Department into the Acid Mine Drainage Abatement and Treatment Fund.
(3) Funds deposited into the Acid Mine Drainage Abatement and Treatment Fund, together with all interest earned on those funds, shall remain available until expended and may not revert to the General Fund.
(4) The Department may expend funds deposited into the Acid Mine Drainage Abatement and Treatment Fund and any interest accrued only to abate and treat acid mine drainage in accordance with the provisions of Title IV of the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act.

Credits

Added by Acts 1979, c. 399. Amended by Acts 1988, c. 6, § 1; Acts 1992, c. 605. Renumbered from Natural Resources § 7-903 by Acts 1995, c. 488, § 2, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2011, c. 112, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2011.

Footnotes

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Pub.L. 95-87, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 445, codified at 30 U.S.C.A. § 1201 et seq.
MD Code, Environment, § 15-1103, MD ENVIR § 15-1103
Current with legislation effective through July 1, 2023, from the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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