ELR Citation: ELR 21488
No(s). 2-87-0055 (M.D. Tenn. Dec 2, 1987)

The court rules that a person who fails to obtain a required permit under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) is a "permittee" subject to a civil enforcement action under SMCRA §521(c). While SMCRA §701(18) defines a permittee as a person holding a permit, the Office of Surface ...