ELR Citation: ELR 20235
No(s). 78-0244-B (W.D. Va. Feb 14, 1979)

The court issues a temporary injunction against enforcement of §§502-522 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 pending a ruling on the merits of plaintiffs' challenge to the constitutionality of these statutory provisions. The court finds that the Act's strict controls on strip...