In re Permanent Surface Mining Regulation Litig.
ELR Citation: ELR 20617 No(s). 79-1144 (D.D.C. Jul 6, 1984)
The court remands in part revised regulations promulgated under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). The court first notes that SMCRA §526 calls for the court to uphold the regulations unless arbitrary, capricious, or otherwise inconsistent with law. Where, as here, the regulatio...