Laurel Pipe Line Co. v. Bethlehem Mines Corp.

ELR Citation: ELR 20876
No(s). 84-2415 (W.D. Pa. Jan 8, 1986)

The court rules that federal district courts lack jurisdiction under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act to hear a §520 citizen suit in a state that has been delegated primary enforcement responsibility. The court first holds that Pennsylvania had adopted an approved surface mining progr...