ELR Citation: ELR 20938
No(s). TH79-163-C (S.D. Ind. Jun 5, 1980)

The court rules that warrantless inspections of surface mining operations by the Department of the Interior as authorized by the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) are constitutional. Applying reasoning used in construing the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, the court first determine...