In re Permanent Surface Mining Regulation Litig.

ELR Citation: ELR 20208
No(s). 79-1144 (D.D.C. Feb 26, 1980)

The court rules that the Secretary of the Interior has broad authority to issue permanent regulations implementing the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act but remands a number of regulatory provisions for revision as arbitrary, capricious, or otherwise inconsistent with the law, pursuant to t...