ELR Citation: ELR 20761
No(s). s. 81-645 et al (D.D.C. Dec 3, 1982)

The court upholds a Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) regulation exempting some mines from prime farmland reclamation requirements of §510(d), but invalidates a regulation setting a termination date for the exemption. First, the court considers the regulation limiting exemptions to...