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The Surface Mining Control And Reclamation Act Of 1977., Lawrence B. Dale

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.

Appeal No. 0025: Pete Karas And Wanda Karas V. State Of Ohio, Acting By And Through The Chief Of The Division Of Oil And Gas Department Of Natural Resources, Ohio Oil & Gas Board Of Review

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Adjudication Order No. 229

Designating Areas Unsuitable For Surface Coal Mining, Mark S. Squillace

Publications

No abstract provided.

Appeal No. 0023: Don E. Combs V. State Of Ohio, Acting By And Through The Chief Of The Division Of Oil And Gas Department Of Natural Resources, Ohio Oil & Gas Board Of Review

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Adjudication Order No. 221

Legislative Notes: Metallic Mining And Reclamation In Michigan: Environmental Management As A Gentler Approach, John C. Dernbach

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

A great deal has been said and written about the need for meaningful reclamation requirements for the surface mining of coal. Nonetheless, little attention has been given to the large quantity of land disturbed by mining for other minerals. Thirty-eight states have laws dealing directly with reclamation from a wide variety of mining operations . For purposes of this note, reclamation refers to those measures taken concurrently with or after the mining operation to reduce or repair the adverse effects of the operation on disrupted land . Environmental management is a much broader term which encompasses the full range of …

Texas Surface Mining And Reclamation Act - New Hope For Protection Of Texas Resources., Kay C. Martinez

St. Mary's Law Journal

Strip mining has been an increasingly important method of mineral extraction since the 1930's. It is economically preferable to shaft mining, for operator and consumer, because it extracts coal from the surface as opposed to the more costly methods of deep mining. More than 50% of all coal gets mined through the stripping method as of 1972. Unfortunately, some of the same characteristics which have made strip mining desirable have also produced extremely undesirable results in the environment. Sulfuric and sedimentary water pollution, caused by surface mining, affects the suitability of water for human consumption, and the stripping has often …

Appeal No. 0022: Norman J. Scharde V. State Of Ohio, Acting By And Through The Chief Of The Division Of Oil And Gas Department Of Natural Resources, Ohio Oil & Gas Board Of Review

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Adjudication Order No. 219

Appeal No. 0020: A. Joseph Vohlers And Margaret H. Vohlers V. State Of Ohio, Acting By And Through The Chief Of The Division Of Oil And Gas Department Of Natural Resources, Ohio Oil & Gas Board Of Review

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Adjudication Order No. 211

Appeal No. 0021: Mansfield Drilling Company, Inc. V. State Of Ohio, Acting By And Through The Chief Of The Division Of Oil And Gas Department Of Natural Resources, Ohio Oil & Gas Board Of Review

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Adjudication Order No. 212

Appeal No. 0013: Baldwin Producing Corporation V. State Of Ohio, Acting By And Through The Chief Of The Division Of Oil And Gas Department Of Natural Resources, Ohio Oil & Gas Board Of Review

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Adjudication Orders #130, and Amendments No.1 & 2 to Order #130

Appeal No. 0017: D. O. Lynn, Dba Lynn Oil And Gas Department Of Natural Resources Company V. State Of Ohio, Acting By And Through The Chief Of The Division Of Oil And Gas Department Of Natural Resources, Ohio Oil & Gas Board Of Review

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Adjudication Order No. 171

The North Slope Borough, Oil, And The Future Of Local Government In Alaska, David H. Getches

Publications

No abstract provided.

Appeal No. 0008: John S. Kidd, Sr. V. State Of Ohio, Acting By And Through The Chief Of The Division Of Oil And Gas Department Of Natural Resources, Ohio Oil & Gas Board Of Review

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Adjudication Order #56

Appeal No. 0007: Noble Cunningham, D/B/A Ohio Crude Oil, A Limited Partnership V. State Of Ohio, Acting By And Through The Chief Of The Division Of Oil And Gas Department Of Natural Resources, Ohio Oil & Gas Board Of Review

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Adjudication Order #26

Security Aspects Of The Abc Transaction, John T. Schmidt

Michigan Law Review

In recent years, investments in subterraneous oil and gas have become a common addition to the investment portfolios of national financial institutions. Relying on the assurances of reputable geological studies, traditionally conservative financers have invested amounts ranging up to several hundred million dollars against collateral once accepted only by speculators and a few adventurous oil-country bankers. The increased interest in these investments is in part attributable to the development of the ABC method of financing the purchase of producing oil and gas properties. This method offers unique tax advantages, which have been discussed elsewhere, but also creates problems for the …

Appeal No. 0004: Evelyn H. Lyons V. State Of Ohio, Acting By And Through The Chief Of The Division Of Oil And Gas Department Of Natural Resources, Ohio Oil & Gas Board Of Review

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Adjudication Order #8

Appeal No. 0001: Jerry Moore, Inc. V. State Of Ohio, Acting By And Through The Chief Of The Division Of Oil And Gas Department Of Natural Resources, Ohio Oil & Gas Board Of Review

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Adjudication Order #4 and #5

The Maritime Boundaries Of The States, Avrum M. Gross

Michigan Law Review

It has long been recognized that the boundaries of coastal states encompass certain adjoining maritime areas. The settled existence of those boundaries, however, stands in marked contrast to the confusion which has surrounded their location. The geographic extent of the waters to which state jurisdiction extends has remained largely undetermined.

The recent development of refined methods for extracting minerals from offshore areas has translated questions of state jurisdiction into issues of substantial economic significance. In this regard, an increasing number of disputes have arisen between the states and the federal government, primarily over rights to offshore oil deposits. The …

Constitutional Law - Delegation Of Legislative Power - Use Of State Agency Classification As Basis For Federal Law, James Tobin

Michigan Law Review

Under provisions of the Federal Coal Mine Safety Act a coal mine is classified as gassy within the meaning of the act, and certain precautionary measures are thereby required, when the U. S. Bureau of Mines finds that the mine atmosphere fails to meet tests set forth in the act or when the mine is found to be a "gassy or gaseous mine pursuant to and in accordance with the laws of the State in which it is located." One of appellant's coal mines was classified as gassy by the West Virginia Department of Mines. When appellant failed to comply …

Constitutional Law-Relation Of Federal And State Governments- Title Of United States To Tidelands, John K. Delay, Jr.

Michigan Law Review

For the past decade and a half, one of the most harrassing problems in the realm of federal-state relationships has been that concerned with the ownership of the so-called "tidelands." This struggle of interests, which involves 23,000 square miles of offshore lands within the boundaries of the littoral states, has developed since 1937; for prior to that time, the Federal Government recognized the states' claims, making no assertion of federal ownership. The development of the conflict appears to be coextensive with the discovery and development of valuable mineral deposits found under these submerged lands, which have been leased to private …

Murphy: Conservation Of Oil And Gas, A Legal History-1948, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS, A LEGAL HISTORY-1948. Edited by Blakely M. Murphy.

Municipal Ownership Of Utilities In Indiana, Harry T. Ice

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Appendix, Mayburn F. Landgraf

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The West Virginia Public Service Commission: Iii The Power Of The State To Prohibit The Export Of Its Natural Resources, C. A. Peairs Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Constitutional Law - Oil And Gas - Validity Of Well-Spacing Act - Proportionate Sharing Of Proceeds By Owners Of Land In Statutory Drilling Unit, Leonard D. Verdier Jr.

Michigan Law Review

Acting under the Well-Spacing Act, the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma divided certain rural oil areas into tenacre drilling units. Plaintiff owned six and one-quarter acres of a drilling unit, and the well, located in the center of the unit, was wholly on his land. The statute provided that each of the various owners of tracts making up a drilling unit should share in the oil royalties in the proportion that the acreage of his tract bore to the total acreage of the drilling unit. Plaintiff sought to recover all the royalty on oil produced from the well, contending that the …

Eminent Domain-Validity Of State Statute

Michigan Law Review

As upon certiorari, the New Mexico Supreme Court considered the question, whether it is "within legislative competence to declare a public use in the industry of coal mining, so as to permit taking private property in aid of it." Plaintiff had obtained a judgment of condemnation, and defendant attacked it as offensive to the New Mexico constitutional provision: "Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use without just compensation." The opinion recognized the existence of an "orthodox" and a "liberal" doctrine of construing "public use." While the court found that, unlike Nevada's or Utah's, New Mexico's well-being …

Recent Important Decisions, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

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