ELR Citation: ELR 20874
No(s). 83-0103-B (W.D. Va. Jun 13, 1983)

The court temporarily enjoins the Secretary of the Interior from entering Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) cessation orders against certain small mines, holding that the regulations interpreting the SMCRA §528 exception for mines under two acres are probably invalid. The court fir...