Pennsylvania Fed'n of Sportsmen's Clubs v. Kempthorne

ELR Citation: ELR 20197
No(s). 06-1780 (3d Cir. Aug 2, 2007)

The Third Circuit held that a lower court erred in sustaining the Office of Surface Mining's (OSM's) decision to terminate a program-deficiency notice issued to Pennsylvania as well as a required amendment in connection with the commonwealth's surface coal mining and reclamation program. The program...