ELR Citation: ELR 20173
No(s). 07-0795 (2d Cir. Jul 31, 2009)

The D.C. Circuit denied the federal government's motion to remand and vacate an OSM rule promulgated in December 2008 that regulates excess mining spoil, disposal of mine waste, stream buffer zones, and stream-channel diversions in connection with mountaintop and surface mining operations. An enviro...