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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08-2" citation="COMAR 27.02.05.08-2" title_num="27" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="05" heading="Surface Mining — Policies.">
  <text>When surface mining occurs on State-owned land, the agency administering the land shall ensure that due consideration is accorded to:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>When locating a surface mining activity, avoidance or, if avoidance is not possible, minimization of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The substantial loss of renewable resource land; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The degradation of water quality; and</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>When conducting a surface mining activity:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Utilization of all available measures to protect the Critical Area from all sources of pollution resulting from that activity, including sedimentation and siltation, chemical and petrochemical use and spillage, and storage or disposal of waste, dust, or spoil; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Facilitation of site reclamation, including renewable resource land, as soon as possible and to the maximum extent possible.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>