ELR Citation: ELR 20217
No(s). 91-0006-A (W.D. Va. Apr 23, 1992)

The court holds that a coal mining company's due process challenge to a permit denial based on outstanding violations of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) is tantamount to an attack on SMCRA's regulations and thus can be brought only in the U.S. District Court for the District o...