ELR Citation: ELR 20661
No(s). 85-1042 (4th Cir. Mar 28, 1985)

The court rules that §526 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) requires the recipient of a cessation order to exhaust administrative remedies before pursuing a judicial one. Appellee Mullins Coal, who was issued a cessation order requiring it to cease mining operations after it...