SMCRA

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SMCRA - Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
[Environmental Protection Agency]

News archive for SMCRA:

Senate Committee to Discuss Mining Law, Bush Rollbacks  -  Nov 14, 2007
Common Dreams (press release),WASHINGTON - November 13 - Senate committee hearings today on the 30th anniversary of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) will focus on

Once There Was a Mountain  -  Nov 5, 2007
E/The Environmental Magazine,The 1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) states that after extraction is complete MTR sites must be returned to their “approximate

Mountaintop removal mining: The waiting game  -  26 Aug 2007
Grist Magazine,...representative of West Virginia coal country and chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, held a hearing on SMCRA on July 25 and is reportedly

Pennfuture: Conservationists Score Major Court Victory On  -  Aug 21, 2007
Pollution Online (press release),The federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) requires mine operators to guarantee that all coal mines operated after August 3,

Has landmark mining law made a difference?  -  Aug 18, 2007
TriCities.com,The federal law – known as SMCRA – required mining companies to do more to reclaim the strip-mined land and made it more difficult for wildcat coal

Federal reclamation law would help CBM industry  -  Jul 30, 2007
Gillette News Record,Friday marks the 30th anniversary of the act, known by its acronym, SMCRA, being put into law as the regulatory umbrella governing surface mining.

Rahall studies input on strip-mining regs  -  Jul 30, 2007
Charleston Gazette,...developed guidelines on what constitutes returning mined land to its approximate original contour,� Zoia said. “This strikes at the very heart of SMCRA.

Moutaintop removal mining: MTR from the sky  -  Aug 21, 2007
Grist Magazine,Thirty years ago this summer, Congress passed the Surface Mining Reclamation, and Control Act (SMCRA) to regulate surface mining.

Few Celebrating Strip Mining Law's 30th  -  Aug 2, 2007
Forbes,He suspects his water was fouled by the debris dumped in the valley below, which shouldn't have happened under the law, he said. "SMCRA's a good law," he




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