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on his legislation to force the Interior Department to regulate coal-ash dams, much as it does coal-slurry impoundments, under the federal SurfaceMining Control and Reclamation Act. The West Virginia Democrat announced plans for his... Published: Friday, February 13, 2009 Words: 588
committee. As a freshman congressman in 1977, Rahall was on the conference committee that wrote the final version of the federal SurfaceMining Control and Reclamation Act. His committee has jurisdiction over that law and the federal... Published: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 Words: 587
Wednesday. "Yet the mission of this program is far from being fulfilled." 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... Published: Saturday, May 05, 2001 Words: 361
for a rededication to the principles of the 1977 mining law to 'protect society and the environment from the adverse effects of surface coal mining operations,'" FitzGerald said. Rep. Nick J. Rahall, D-W.Va., has scheduled a Wednesday... Published: Sunday, July 22, 2007 Words: 1545
that force coal-ash impoundments to meet standards "substantially similar" to those required for other coal-waste dams under the 1977 SurfaceMining Control and Reclamation Act. The bill specifies the regulations must require coal-ash... Published: Thursday, January 15, 2009 Words: 632
of the lack of state and federal enforcement of the AOC standard. "Thirty years, and we are still looking for a definition of AOC," Rahall said at his committee's 2007 hearing. The National Mining Association, meanwhile, has touted... Published: Sunday, July 26, 2009 Words: 1618
decision that left mountaintop-removal mining unscathed than the Obama administration said it will not block permits for dozens of surfacemining projects, including mountaintop-removal mining. The double victory for the coal industry... Published: Sunday, June 07, 2009 Words: 550
removal. During a House hearing meant to focus on Clean Water Act enforcement problems, Jackson was questioned by both Rep. Nick J. Rahall, D-W.Va., and Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., about her agency's stepped up review of mountaintop-removal... Published: Friday, October 16, 2009 Words: 902
"These are not merely 'ugly landscapes' that need to be made more attractive," OSM Director Jeff Jarrett said during a July congressional hearing. "These are serious, life threatening, high-priority hazards that have been around for... Published: Sunday, October 19, 2003 Words: 1532
is supposed to be used to clean up coal mines that were abandoned before 1977, when the federal SurfaceMining Control and Reclamation Act was passed. In West Virginia, more than $375 million in AML money has been spent over the last... Published: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 Words: 724
