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The Federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) 1 . was adopted because the states had inade-* Assistant Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, Pennsylvania Department of Environ-mental Resources. B.S., 1975, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; J.D., 1978, Univer-sity of Michigan.
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The DOC administers the Surface Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Act (K.S.A. 49-601-624) that became effective July 1, 1994. The purpose of the program is to ensure any land disturbed for mining purposes, other than coal and gas, is reclaimed. A Reclamation Plan and a Reclamation Bond is required when a company applies for a license and ...
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Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) and related laws, regulations and guidance Mountaintop mining Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative Appalachian Regional Office NASA Earth Observatory: "Coal Controversy in Appalachia" (2007 article) "Mountaintop Mining, West Virginia" (1984 article)
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5 days agoThe event is planned by industry reclamation personnel and will be specific to Texas mining conditions related to lignite, uranium, clay and aggregates. The registration fee is $110, with registration requested by Sept. 19. A $22 late registration fee will be applied after that date. Register at https://tx.ag/SurfaceMineReclamation.
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Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 Section 501(b) Regulatory Program: Environmental Impact Statement, United States. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement: Contributor: United States. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement: Published: 1979: Original from: Northwestern University: Digitized: Feb 28 ...
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The Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 (SMARA, Public Resources Code, Sections 2710-2796) provides a comprehensive surface mining and reclamation policy with the regulation of surface mining operations to assure that adverse environmental impacts are minimized and mined lands are reclaimed to a usable condition.
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Last year, Congress approved $11.3 billion in investments over 15 years in the Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement's (OSMRE) Abandoned Mine Land program, which covers sites mined before the passage of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). While these ...
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The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) is the primary federal law that regulates the environmental effects of coal mining in the United States.. SMCRA created two programs: one for regulating active coal mines and a second for reclaiming abandoned mine lands. SMCRA also created the Office of Surface Mining, an agency within the Department of the Interior, to promulgate ...
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cited as the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975. § 2711. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and ... Reclamation Board for the purpose of flood control, if the Department of Water Resources adopts, after submission to and consultation with, the Department of Conservation,
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The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) was approved on August 3, 1977. This Act established guidelines for the regulation of surface mining and the reclamation of the mine sites. This is enforced under the administration of the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement, in the Department of the Interior.
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Aug 16, 2022The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) is the primary federal law that regulates the environmental effects of coal mining in the United States. SMCRA created two programs: one for regulating active coal mines and a second for reclaiming abandoned mine lands. SMCRA also created the Office of Surface Mining, an agency ...
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To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to provide funds to States and Indian tribes for the purpose of promoting economic revitalization, di- versification, and development in economically distressed communities through the reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by coal min-
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THE SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION ACT OF 1977: A 30TH ANNIVERSARY REVIEW. Date(s) Held: 2007-07-25. 110th Congress, 1st Session. GPO Document Source: CHRG-110hhrg37013 Superintendents of Documents ID: Y 4.R 31/3. Witnesses:
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the surface mining and reclamation act of 1975 (smara, public resources code section 2710 et. seq.) declared that the extraction of minerals is essential to the continued economic well-being of the state and to the needs of the society, and that the reclamation of mined lands is necessary to prevent or minimize adverse effects on the environment .
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The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 was the first comprehensive federal statute to regulate the surface impacts of coal mining on a national scale. Prior to 1977, 38 separate states regulated to one degree or another the surface effects of coal mining . However, the drive for national legislation began in 1968.
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DOI/OSMRE's Financial Business & Management System is the system of record to obtain comprehensive information about all AML grant expenditures. An inventory of land and water impacted by past mining (primarily coal mining) is maintained by OSMRE to provide information needed to implement the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 ...
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The Surface Mining and Reclamation Division also administers a program to reclaim dangerous or environmentally harmful abandoned mine sites that were mined prior to the implementation of the federal surface mining law in 1975 to ensure the safety of the public and protect the environment by eliminating these hazardous abandoned mines throughout the state.
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Congress enacted the federal Surface Mining Control and Recla-mation Act of 19771 (hereinafter "SMCRA") to provide protection against environmental degradation from coal mining. 2 . Congress did so because it perceived that too many states either did not have strin-gent enough laws to protect the environment or failed to fully enforce
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According to The Strip Mining Handbook (2009) by Mark Squillace, "The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act grants affected citizens the broadest rights to participate in administrative and judicial proceedings ever granted in a federal environmental statute." SMCRA permits a state like Alabama to assume the primary responsibility for ...
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jurisdiction such lands will be affected by surface mining and to permit participation and authorize cooperation and coordination with the federal government in initial regulatory programs under the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, Title 30, USC Sec. 1201 et seq.
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Abstract An evaluation of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) after eight years finds that, despite predictions that coal production would diminish, annual coal production soared from 691 million tons in 1977 to 830 million.
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SUBCHAPTER II—OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT (§ 1211) SUBCHAPTER III—STATE MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTES (§§ 1221 - 1230a) SUBCHAPTER IV—ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATIONS (§§ 1231 - 1245) SUBCHAPTER V—CONTROL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF SURFACE COAL MINING (§§ 1251 - 1279)
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The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to regulate surface mining and reclamation at existing and future mining areas. The Service provides technical assistance for fish and wildlife aspects of the Department of the Interior's programs on active and abandoned mine lands. Citation
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The Federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (Public Law 9587 became - law in 1977) mandated federal oversight of surface mining. Subsequently, the "Alabama Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1981" (Act No. 435 Acts of Alabama 1981, Sections 1 -40) beca me law and renamed the Alabama Surface Mining Reclamation
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applicability of the surface mining control and reclamation act of 1977 (pl 95-87) to non-coal minerals: 187-262: alternative institutional approaches for surface mining control and reclamation: 263-287: annex: some social consequences of surface mining: 288-314: appendix: panel working papers prepared for the committee on surface mining and ...
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H.R. 1734, Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2021 July 27, 2021 Cost Estimate As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 26, 2021 View Document 309.67 KB Summary H.R. 1734 would extend the collection of coal reclamation fees through 2036.
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In 1977, the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) set forth the laws that regulate coal mining and reclamation. They also established the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) that is charged with carrying out the implementation and enforcement, nationwide. As one of the forerunners of cooperative federalism, they encourage states to ...
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The Division of Mine Reclamation and Enforcement (DMRE) is responsible for inspecting all surface and underground coal mining permits in the state to assure compliance with the 1977 Federal Surface Mining Control Act (SMCRA). The DMRE is also responsible for regulating and enforcing the surface mining reclamation laws for non-coal mining sites ...
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(Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act); H.R. 315 (Rep. LaHood), To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to authorize partnerships between States and nongovernmental entities for the purpose of reclaiming and restoring land and water resources adversely affected by coal mining activities before August 3 ...
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The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) was established in the Department of the Interior by the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 ( 30 U.S.C. 1211 ). The Office's primary goal is to assist States in operating a nationwide program that protects society and the environment from the adverse effects of coal ...
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Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-87) book. By James R. Wagner. Book Coal Surface Mining. Click here to navigate to parent product. Edition 1st Edition. First Published 1979. Imprint Routledge. Pages 14. eBook ISBN 9780429051128. Share. ABSTRACT .
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The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) is the primary federal law that regulates the environmental effects of coal mining in the U.S.
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Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act A coal mine outside of Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) prohibits surface coal mining within the boundaries of any unit of the National Park System.
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Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), which legally recognized the on-going existence of the historic Muscogee (Creek) Nation Reservation in the State of Oklahoma, necessarily forecloses the State of Oklahoma's authority to implement the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) on Indian Lands within the exterior boundaries of the ...
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The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) is the foundational legislation regulating surface coal mining (as well as surface portions of underground coal mining) in the United States. SMCRA includes a regulatory element, which restricts the activities of surface miners in general, but also includes the standards that ...
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SMCRA - Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. Looking for abbreviations of SMCRA? It is Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 listed as SMCRA. Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 - How is Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 abbreviated? ...
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The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2006 (the 2006 amendments) were signed into law on December 20, 2006, as part of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109-432, 120 Stat. 2922). The 2006 amendments extended our fee collection authority under section 402(b) through September 30, 2021, and reduced the ...
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it is the intent of the legislature to create and maintain an effective and comprehensive surface mining and reclamation policy with regulation of surface mining operations so as to assure that: (a) adverse environmental effects are prevented or minimized and that mined lands are reclaimed to a usable condition which is readily adaptable for .
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The Southern Appalachian decision involved a citizen suit action alleging violations of the Clean Water Act, Surface Mining Act, and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The claims included alleged discharges of pollutants from point sources at the Red River Company's ("Red River") North Fox Gap Surface Mine in Virginia ("North Fox").
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States make the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act work Full Record Research Abstract Despite some problems, the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) is working because the states, together with the coal industry and the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) are resolving those problems.
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