Md. Code, Envir. § 15-833
Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
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 of this subtitle.
Md. Code, EN § 15-833