Md. Code, Environment § 15-811
This is the official text of Md. Code, Environment § 15-811, part of Maryland’s Code, Environment — governs environmental protection.
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§15–811.
Official statutory text
(a) Any permit issued shall be expressly conditioned upon compliance with all requirements of the approved mining and reclamation plan for the operation and with further reasonable and appropriate requirements and safeguards deemed necessary by the Department to assure that the operation will comply fully with the requirements and objectives of this subtitle. The conditions may include a requirement of visual screening, vegetative or otherwise, to screen the view of the operation from public highways, public parks, or residential areas existing at the time of the original application, if the Department finds screening to be feasible and desirable.
(b) Violation of these conditions shall be treated as a violation of this subtitle subject to the remedies and penalties under § 15-808(k), § 15-821, or § 15-832 of this subtitle.
(b) Violation of these conditions shall be treated as a violation of this subtitle subject to the remedies and penalties under § 15-808(k), § 15-821, or § 15-832 of this subtitle.
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