Any person who conducts surface mining activities shall replace the water supply of an owner of interest in real property who obtains all or part of his supply of water for domestic, agricultural, industrial, or other legitimate use from an underground or surface source when this supply has been affected by contamination, diminution, or interruption proximately resulting from surface mining activities.

Authority: Environment Article, §15-503, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.11 were previously codified as COMAR 08.13.09.23A—K, respectively. Recodification occurred in April, 1993. For a history of these regulations before April, 1993, see "Administrative History of COMAR 08.13.09 before April, 1993" which follows COMAR 26.20.01.

Regulations .03—.05, .09A, and .10A amended effective October 23, 1995 (22:21 Md. R. 1614)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 08.20.20 to COMAR 26.20.20, June 1996