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operators to obtain variances from the requirement to reclaim mined land to its approximate original contour. Under the federal SurfaceMining Control and Reclamation Act, mountaintop removal operators that plan to leave land flattened... Published: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 Words: 1422
of the AML fund," said Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va. In 1977, Congress created the AML program when it passed the SurfaceMining Control and Reclamation Act. Financed by a tax on all mined coal, the program provides states with money to... Published: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 Words: 244
for the residents by not controlling dust from the facility. Elk Run negligently harmed residents, and violated the state SurfaceMiningAct by allowing dust to escape the area permitted for its operation, the jurors found. The six-person... Published: Friday, September 19, 2003 Words: 528
an AML reauthorization plan put forth by Reps. Barbara Cubin, R-Wyo., and Nick J. Rahall, D-W.Va. Peterson cited a U.S. Office of SurfaceMining study that showed the Cubin-Rahall bill "will continue directing millions of dollars to... Published: Friday, June 10, 2005 Words: 781
issue," said one lawyer involved with the mountaintop removal case. The right to sue In 1977, Congress passed the SurfaceMining Control and Reclamation Act, or SMCRA, to regulate strip mining. Under the law, a federal agency - the... Published: Monday, December 04, 2000 Words: 1515
"We have to look case by case to see if the protections of the Clean Water Act are met." The director of the U.S. Office of SurfaceMining won't talk publicly about the matter. Kay Henry, the acting OSM director, did not return repeated... Published: Sunday, April 23, 2000 Words: 1105
plant, a Boone County jury concluded Friday. Elk Run Coal Co. negligently harmed residents, and violated the state SurfaceMiningAct by allowing dust to escape the area permitted for its operation, jurors found. The six-person jury... Published: Saturday, February 08, 2003 Words: 1072
Rahall is putting the "reclamation and enforcement" back in the federal agency that regulates strip mining. For years, the U.S. Department of Interior's Office of SurfaceMining Reclamation and Enforcement has gone by the shortened... Published: Monday, March 05, 2007 Words: 574
or emergency appropriations to resolve the problem and stabilize the impoundments." In their letter to OSM, Wise and Rahall said, "Under provisions of the SurfaceMining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, OSM clearly is charged with... Published: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 Words: 466
or at best "a minor decrease in length of stream impacted." The proposed rule is subterfuge, designed to evade the purpose of the surfaceminingact and the Clean Water Act," said former federal mine inspector Jack Spadaro. "Shame on... Published: Thursday, October 25, 2007 Words: 718
