ELR Citation: ELR 20581
No(s). 80-231 (U.S. Jun 15, 1981)

Reversing the district court, 10 ELR 20613, the Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the "prime farmland," "approximate original contour," and other provisions of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). The district court concluded that surface coal mining has little advers...