ELR Citation: ELR 21059
No(s). 83-0038(A)(R) (W.D. Va. Jul 23, 1985)

The court rules that an owner of coal reserves must pay reclamation fees mandated by the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act for mine operators, even though it does no mining itself, since it contracts with other firms for the mining of the coal, establishes the mining plan, and buys all the ...