Coal

LWVMD takes Action to

• -oppose strip mining on slopes steeper than 20 degrees (1993)
• support the collection of taxes and fees from the coal industry for costs to the public resulting from the mining of Maryland coal. (1987)
• oppose the granting of eminent domain for and the construction of, a coal slurry pipeline through Maryland. (1986)

Support for:

• -The coal industry being responsible for the payment of costs to the public resulting from its operation.
• -Use of the per ton severance tax and the current system of impact/reclamation fees as the sources of revenues to cover these costs.
• -Continuation of the Maryland Coal tax.

Opposition to:

• -the use of the personal property tax for surface mined coal because of the difficulty in enforcement and collection.
• -strip mining on slopes steeper than 20 degrees.