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Last week, Rahall presided over a nearly four-hour committee hearing to examine issues surrounding enforcement of the 1977 federal SurfaceMining Control and Reclamation Act. Rahall, who became committee chairman when the Democrats... Published: Sunday, July 29, 2007 Words: 678
the coal industry over the citizens he pretends to represent. On a Webcast of the House Natural Resource Committee's Oversight Hearing, "The SurfaceMining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) of 1977: A 30th Anniversary Review," the... Published: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 Words: 581
4 hours of testimony Committee Chairman Nick J. Rahall, D-W.Va., agreed that the goal of the SurfaceMining Control and Reclamation Act "remains elusive" and blamed lax oversight by the federal Office of SurfaceMining Reclamation and... Published: Thursday, July 26, 2007 Words: 868
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
