# COMAR Title 26 — Department of the Environment

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

### Chapter 14 — Performance Bonds

#### Regulation .11 Adjudicatory Hearings on Bond Release.

*COMAR 26.20.14.11*

A. Within 30 days of receipt of notice of a decision by the Bureau on a bond release application, the permittee or any person adversely affected by the decision may request an adjudicatory hearing.

B. Adjudicatory hearings shall be held in accordance with the procedures contained in COMAR 26.20.34.

C. The party seeking to reverse the decision of the Bureau shall have the burden of proof.

D. The Bureau shall render a final decision on bond release within 60 days of the completion of an adjudicatory hearing.