| United States - 1983 - 1156 pages
...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 interest in the land... | |
| 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
...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 of surface landowners... | |
| United States. General Accounting Office - 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. President's Commission on Coal - 1978 - 306 pages
...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 of the Act and meet... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business - 1979 - 1452 pages
...operations. 30USC1202. 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 interest in the land... | |
| United States. General Accounting Office - 1979 - 60 pages
...Management and Budget and the Congress. The Congress passed the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act to protect society and the environment from the adverse effects of surface coal mining operations and to eliminate local differences in surface mining control and reclamation activities. However, it... | |
| United States. President's Commission on Coal - 1979 - 302 pages
...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 the Act and meet its... | |
| United States. General Accounting Office - 1979 - 272 pages
...surface mining in all States. Some of the purposes of the act are — establishing a nationwide program to protect society and the environment from the adverse effects of surface coal mining operations, — assuring that surface mining operations are not conducted where reclamation as required by the... | |
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