This part contains all rules applicable only within Maryland that have been adopted under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.

The Maryland State program submitted on March 3, 1980, as amended and clarified on June 16, 1980, and as further amended on April 9, 1980, June 3, 1981, and October 23, 1981, is approved effective February 18, 1982. Copies of the approved program, as amended are available for review at:

(a) Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Water Resources Administration, Bureau of Mines, 160 South Water Street, Frostburg, Maryland 21532.

(b) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Harrisburg Field Office, Harrisburg Transportation Center, Third Floor, Suite 3C, Fourth and Market Streets, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101.

The following provision of the Maryland permanent regulatory program submission is hereby disapproved: COMAR 08.13.09.41D, which proposes that in lieu of a civil penalty assessment, the regulatory authority may order a suspension of strip mining operations for an appropriate period of time such that the economic impact on the operator is equivalent to the amount of the civil penalty which would have been assessed for the violation.

The following is a list of the dates amendments were submitted to OSM, the dates when the Director's decision approving all, or portions of these amendments, were published in the Federal Register and the State citations or a brief description of each amendment. The amendments in this table are listed in order of the date of final publication in the Federal Register.

Pursuant to 30 CFR 732.17, Maryland is required to submit for OSMRE's approval the following proposed program amendments by the dates specified.

(a)-(o) [Reserved]

The Maryland Abandoned Mine Plan, as submitted on March 8, 1982, is approved. Copies of the approved program are available at the following locations:

(a) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Harrisburg Field Office, Harrisburg Transportation Center, Third Floor, Suite 3C, Fourth and Market Streets, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101.

(b) Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Water Resources Administration, Bureau of Mines, 160 South Water Street, Frostburg, Maryland 21532.

The following is a list of the dates amendments were submitted to OSM, the dates when the Director's decision approving all, or portions of these amendments, were published in the Federal Register and the State citations or a brief description of each amendment. The amendments in this table are listed in order of the date of final publication in the Federal Register.