Regulation of Active Coal Mining and Reclamation
| The Surface Mining Law created two major programs, a regulatory program to establish standards and procedures for approving permits and inspecting active coal mining and reclamation operations, both surface and underground; and a reclamation program for abandoned mine lands, funded by fees that operators pay on each ton of coal mined, to reclaim land and water resources adversely affected by pre-1977 coal mining. The index below is the gateway to the regulatory program information on this website. |
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