ELR Citation: ELR 20499
No(s). 95-5434 et al (D.C. Cir. Jan 31, 1997)

The D.C. Circuit strikes down the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement's (OSM's) ownership-and-control, permit-information, and permit-rescission rules under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). The ownership-and-control rule conflicts with the plain meaning o...