| United States - Law - 1983 - 1156 pages
...Act of 1977'." § 1202. Statement of purpose It is the purpose of this chapter to — (a) establish a nationwide program to protect society and the environment from the adverse effects of surface coal mining operations; (b) assure that the rights of surface landowners and other persons with a legal... | |
| Economic assistance, Domestic - 1978 - 458 pages
...Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, 91 Stat. 445-532. OBJECTIVES: To protect society and the environment from the adverse effects of surface coal mining operations consistent with assuring the coal supply essential to the Nation's energy requirements.... | |
| Power resources - 1979 - 628 pages
...to translate the intentions of Congress into a workable program that will, In the words of the Act, ''protect society and the environment from the adverse effects of surface coal mining.1' This guidebook Is designed to summarize the regulations In fewer words that are more easily... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Interior and Insular Affairs Committee - 1975 - 360 pages
...future surface coal mining operations. SEC. 102. It is the purpose of this Act to — (a) establish, a nationwide program to protect society and the environment from, the adverse effects of surface coal mining operations and surface impacts of underground coal mining operations; (b) assure that the rights... | |
| United States. General Accounting Office - Strip mining - 1977 - 40 pages
...relative to surface mining. A partial listing of the purposes, as set forth in section l02 were — to protect society and the environment from the adverse effects of surface mining; — to assure that surface mining is not conducted in areas where required reclamation is not... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business - Coal - 1979 - 874 pages
...mining operations. PPHPOSE8 30 USC 1202. SEC. 102. It is the purpose of this Act to— (a) establish a nationwide program to protect society and the environment from the adverse effects of surface coal mining operations ; (b) assure that the rights of surface landowners and other persons with a legal... | |
| United States. President's Commission on Coal - Coal - 1978 - 306 pages
...operations within their borders." See. l02 (a) states that it is the purpose of the Act to "establish a nationwide program to protect society and the environment from the adverse effects of surface coal mining operations" The law specifically states that .'itate Programs must carry out the provisions... | |
| United States. President's Commission on Coal - Coal trade - 1979 - 302 pages
...operations within their borders." Sec. l02 (a) states that it iE the purpose of the Act to "establish a nationwide program to protect society and the environment from the adverse effects of surface coal mining operations" The law specifically states that State Programs must carry out the provisions of... | |
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