ELR Citation: ELR 20802
No(s). 80-3187 (S.D. W. Va. Apr 1, 1983)

The court holds that coal dredging operations are subject to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). Defendant dredged commercial quantities of coal that had been washed into the Guyandotte River from upstream loading and mining operations, abandoned mines, and exposed seams. The Uni...