ELR Citation: ELR 20238
No(s). s. 79-3329, 80-0555 (D.D.C. Sep 19, 1980)

The court rules that the Secretary of the Interior's decision to postpone operator compliance with he permanent program for regulation of surface coal mining operations on federal lands does not violate the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). On March 13, 1979, the Secretary promulga...