# COMAR Title 26 — Department of the Environment

## Subtitle 20 — Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Under Federally Approved Program

### Chapter 11 — Designation of Areas as Unsuitable for Mining

#### Regulation .02 Right to Petition.

*COMAR 26.20.11.02*

A. A person having an interest which is or may be adversely affected has the right to petition the Bureau to have an area designated as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations, or to have an existing designation terminated.

B. For the purpose of this chapter, a person having an interest which is or may be adversely affected shall demonstrate how the person:

  (1) Meets an “injury in fact” test by describing the injury to the person's specifically affected interests; and

  (2) Is among the injured.