30 CFR § 920.12 - State program provisions disapproved.

The following provision of the Maryland permanent regulatory program submission is hereby disapproved: COMAR 08.13.09.41D, which proposes that in lieu of a civil penalty assessment, the regulatory authority may order a suspension of strip mining operations for an appropriate period of time such that the economic impact on the operator is equivalent to the amount of the civil penalty which would have been assessed for the violation.

[45 FR 79449, Dec. 1, 1980]