In re Surface Mining Regulation Litig.

ELR Citation: ELR 20465
No(s). s. 78-2190 et al (D.C. Cir. May 2, 1980)

Affirming in part and reversing in part the lower court, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rules on challenges to the Department of the Interior's regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. Following publication of the final interim regulations in December 1977, a numbe...