Pennsylvania Coal Mining Ass'n v. Watt

ELR Citation: ELR 20773
No(s). 82-1129 (M.D. Pa. Apr 20, 1983)

The court upholds three of four actions by the Secretary of the Interior approving or disapproving portions of Pennsylvania's application for surface mining regulation primacy under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). The court first notes that SMCRA authorizes the Secretary to a...