ELR Citation: ELR 20470
No(s). 81-3157 (D.D.C. Sep 17, 1982)

The court upholds a revision to a Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) regulation governing approval of state regulatory programs changing the definition of "consistent with" from "no less stringent than" to "no less effective than" the federal regulations. Initially, the court notes t...