Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. Lawmakers Want Answers on Damage and Costs Linked to Idled ‘Zombie’ Coal Mines Sen. John Fetterman, the Pennsylvania Democrat, ...

The 1977 law also established the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program and fund to address environmental damage from mines abandoned before 1977. The fund got a boost from Congress and ...

“Defendants deny that they have violated all of their legal obligations under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, that they have violated all aspects of their permits, and ...

A lot of work remains to be done to reclaim abandoned mine lands in West Virginia. Before passage of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, thousands of ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) has announced a proposed rollback of the 2024 “Ten-Day Notices and Corrective ...

Beyer’s bill, the “Stream Protection and Vegetation Restoration Act,” would amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, or SMCRA, to increase monitoring of ground and ...

The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, signed into law by President Jimmy Carter, delegated authority to two dozen states including Kentucky to regulate the environmental impacts ...

The federal law on reclaiming surface mines — the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, or SMCRA — requires reclaiming the sites in three phases after mining.

In addition to documenting deaths near surface mining, KFTC's letter to federal authorities alleges failures under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, which was designed to ...

Prior to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, there was no regulatory oversight of coal operators or what happened to mines after mining stopped. Through reclamation, the Office ...

The Department of Natural Resources works at abandoned coal mines that were mined before the passing of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, which was passed in 1977. Before the act ...