ELR Citation: ELR 20662
No(s). s. 83-0322, 80-1085 (D.D.C. Feb 6, 1986)

The court holds that the Secretary of the Interior's denial of preference rights leases for phosphate mining in Soceola National Forest in Florida, was proper where the cost of reclaiming mined lands would be prohibitively high. The court initially reviews the laws regulating phosphate mining leases...