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Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America (H.R. 2824; 113th Congress) is a bill that, if passed, would amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to require state programs for regulation of surface coal mining to incorporate the necessary rule concerning excess spoil, coal mine waste, and buffers ...
25th Anniversary of the Surface Mining Law: A report on the protection and restoration of the nation's land and water resources under the Surface Mining Law, Office of Surface Mining, 2003. Available at OSM website. Green, Edward. State and Federal Roles Under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 21 S. Ill. U. L.J. 531 (1997)
The Midnite Mine is an inactive uranium mine in the Selkirk Mountains of the state of Washington that operated from 1955 to 1965 and again from 1968 to 1981. Located within the reservation of the Spokane Tribe of Indians , it is approximately 8 miles (13 km) from Wellpinit , Stevens County .
1977 – Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act; 1978 – National Energy Conservation Policy Act; 1978 – Endangered Species Act Amendments; 1980 – Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Created the Superfund program. 1980 – Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) manages over 3,000,000 acres (12,000 km 2) of forest, range, agricultural, and commercial lands in the U.S. state of Washington. The DNR also manages 2,600,000 acres (11,000 km 2 ) of aquatic areas which include shorelines , tidelands , lands under Puget Sound and the coast, and ...
Mining law is the branch of law relating to the legal requirements affecting minerals and mining. Mining law covers several basic topics, including the ownership of the mineral resource and who can work them. Mining is also affected by various regulations regarding the health and safety of miners, as well as the environmental impact of mining.
The Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DEMIRS) is a department of the Government of Western Australia.The department was formed on 1 July 2017, out of the former Department of Mines and Petroleum and Department of Commerce.
Government Geologist (1896 was known as the Geological Survey Branch. [6] Before the change of 1992, the branches had become divisions: Geological Survey [7] Mining Engineering [8] Petroleum (usually known as the Petroleum Operations Division) [9] Government Chemical Laboratories [10] Corporate Services; Explosives and Dangerous Goods; Mining ...