1. (a) A person may not drill any well for the exploration, production, or underground storage of gas or oil in the State without obtaining a permit from the Department of the Environment under the terms and conditions and on the forms the Department prescribes.

2. (b)

   1. (1) The Department shall require an applicant to submit an environmental assessment for the purpose of evaluating an application.
   2. (2) The Department shall coordinate with the Department of Natural Resources in its evaluation of the environmental assessment.
3. (c) The permit serves as the permit required under the provisions of Title 9, Subtitle 13 of this article, dealing with well drillers.
4. (d) A person may not dispose of any product of a gas or oil well without the necessary permits issued by the Department.

Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 4, § 1. Amended by Acts 1977, c. 185, § 1; Acts 1983, c. 583, § 2; Acts 1987, c. 306, § 15; Acts 1988, c. 6, § 11; Acts 1988, c. 777; Acts 1993, c. 367. Renumbered from Natural Resources § 6-104 and amended by Acts 1995, c. 488, §§ 2, 8, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2010, c. 383, § 1, eff. July 1, 2010.

Formerly Art. 66C, § 677.