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West Virginia University

1980

Environmental protection

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Special Student Project: Developments Under The Surface Mining Control And Reclamation Act Of 1977, William Sunday Winfrey Ii, Cheryl Lee Davis, Larry W. Blalock, Lawrence W. Hancock, Allen R. Prunty Jun 1980

Special Student Project: Developments Under The Surface Mining Control And Reclamation Act Of 1977, William Sunday Winfrey Ii, Cheryl Lee Davis, Larry W. Blalock, Lawrence W. Hancock, Allen R. Prunty

West Virginia Law Review

The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) is one of the most significant enactments ever to affect the coal mining industry. In pervasive fashion, it is intended to control virtually every environmental aspect of surface mining as well as all surface effects of underground coal mining. The responsibility for establishing a regulatory program to refine and implement the Act is vested in the United States Department of the Interior. However, as individual regulatory plans are submitted by the states and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the Act provides for an assumption by the states of …


Federal And State Regulatory Authority Under The Surface Mining Control And Reclamation Act Of 1977, Steven L. Friedman, Henry F. Siedzikowski Jun 1980

Federal And State Regulatory Authority Under The Surface Mining Control And Reclamation Act Of 1977, Steven L. Friedman, Henry F. Siedzikowski

West Virginia Law Review

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