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An Overview Of The Ownership And Control Rule Under The West Virginia Surface Coal Mining And Reclamation Act, Charles Saffer
An Overview Of The Ownership And Control Rule Under The West Virginia Surface Coal Mining And Reclamation Act, Charles Saffer
West Virginia Law Review
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Longwall Mining And Smcra: Unstable Ground For Regulators And Litigants, Joshua I. Barrett
Longwall Mining And Smcra: Unstable Ground For Regulators And Litigants, Joshua I. Barrett
West Virginia Law Review
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Assessing Abandoned Mining Land Reclamation Fees On Coal, Deborah S. Colby
Assessing Abandoned Mining Land Reclamation Fees On Coal, Deborah S. Colby
West Virginia Law Review
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The Bonding Program Under The 1977 Surface Mining Control And Reclamation Act: Chaos In The Coalfields, L. Thomas Galloway, Thomas J. Fitzgerald
The Bonding Program Under The 1977 Surface Mining Control And Reclamation Act: Chaos In The Coalfields, L. Thomas Galloway, Thomas J. Fitzgerald
West Virginia Law Review
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Recent Developments Under The Surface Mining Control And Reclamation Act Of 1977, Rebecca L. Stepto
Recent Developments Under The Surface Mining Control And Reclamation Act Of 1977, Rebecca L. Stepto
West Virginia Law Review
The body of case law construing the regulatory scheme of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 continues to expand. During 1982, courts considered venue, jurisdiction and constitutional issues, the prime farmland grandfather exemption and "second mining." This article examines the courts' continuing attempts to achieve the Act's purpose of "establishing a nationwide program to protect society and the environment from the adverse effects of surface coal mining operations."
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
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 …