Implementation of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, on the Implementation of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Richlands, Va., September 2, 1981, Volume 4 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acres agencies alternative Appalachia assessments bench bond Buchanan County coal regions Committee compaction Congress construction Control and Reclamation costs County debris flows disposal of excess drainage dumping effects end-dumping enforcement Environmental Protection erosion evaluation excess spoil disposal factor of safety farms federal geotechnical engineering head-of-hollow fills hydrologic industry inspectors Interior Kentucky land reclamation landslides legislation methods mined land mining and reclamation mining operations mountaintop removal National Office of Surface original contour OSM regulations outslope percent performance standards permit potential problems production Reclamation Act regions regulatory authority regulatory program requirements Resources result revegetation roads Section sedimentation ponds Senator WARNER SMCRA soil specific spoil material stability strip mining structures surface coal mining Surface Mining Surface Mining Control surface runoff technical Tennessee topsoil U.S. Congress U.S. Department U.S. Geological Survey underdrains valley fill vegetation Washington West Virginia wildlife
Popular passages
Page 200 - ... prepared in anticipation of litigation or for trial by or for another party or by or for that other party's representative (including his attorney, consultant, surety, indemnitor, insurer, or agent) only upon a showing that the party seeking discovery has substantial need of the materials in the preparation of his case and that he is unable without undue hardship to obtain the substantial equivalent of the materials by other means.
Page 203 - An order striking out pleadings or parts thereof, or staying further proceedings until the order is obeyed, or dismissing the action or proceeding or any part thereof, or rendering a judgment by default against the disobedient party...
Page 280 - And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.
Page 203 - Rule 26(f ), the court in which the action is pending may make such orders in regard to the failure as are just, and among others the following: (A) An order that the matters regarding which the order was made or any other designated facts shall be taken to be established for the purposes of the action in accordance with the claim of the party obtaining the order; (B) An order refusing to allow the disobedient party to support or oppose designated claims or defenses, or prohibiting him from introducing...
Page 206 - ... (1) Any deposition may be used by any party for the purpose of contradicting or impeaching the testimony of deponent as a witness.
Page 200 - Is unable, without undue hardship, to obtain the substantial equivalent of the materials by other means. In ordering discovery of such materials when the required showing has been made, the court shall protect against disclosure of the mental impressions, conclusions, opinions or legal theories of an attorney or other representative of a party concerning the litigation.
Page 202 - ... knows that the response though correct when made is no longer true and the circumstances are such that a failure to amend the response is in substance a knowing concealment.
Page 206 - ... has been unable to procure the attendance of the witness by subpoena; or 5, upon application and notice, that such exceptional circumstances exist as to make it desirable, in the interest of justice and with due regard to the importance of presenting the testimony of witnesses orally in open court, to allow the deposition to be used.
Page 208 - Rule 26(b) set forth in the request that relate to statements or opinions of fact or of the application of law to fact, including the genuineness of any documents described in the request. Copies of...
Page 200 - Subject to the provisions of subdivision (b)(4) of this rule, a party may obtain discovery of documents and tangible things otherwise discoverable under subdivision (b)(l) of this rule and prepared in anticipation of litigation...