In re Permanent Surface Mining Regulation Litig.

ELR Citation: ELR 20526
No(s). 80-1308 (D.C. Cir. Jul 10, 1980)

The court holds that the Secretary of the Interior, in promulgating minimum requirements for state regulatory programs under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, may not demand that more information be obtained from applicants for coal-mining permits than that specified in §§507 and 508...