ELR Citation: ELR 20492
No(s). s. 83-1730 et al (4th Cir. May 25, 1984)

The court holds that appellees' challenge to federal enforcement of the small-mine exemption standards of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) in Virginia is really a challenge to the federal standards themselves, a challenge that the court below lacked jurisdiction to hear. SMCRA ...