# 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 .05 Land Exempt from Designation as Unsuitable for Surface Coal Mining Operations.

*COMAR 26.20.11.05*

The requirements of this chapter do not apply to:

A. Lands on which surface coal mining operations were being conducted on August 3, 1977;

B. Lands covered by a permit issued under the Interim Regulatory Program or the Regulatory Program; or

C. Lands where substantial legal and financial commitments in surface coal mining operations were in existence before January 4, 1977.