Commerce clause and water availability issues concerning coal slurry pipelines

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980 · Public Land Resour. Law Dig.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6529523

McDaniel, R

As is the case with nearly every major energy development proposal today, the coal slurry pipeline debate is tremendously complex, impacting many traditional legal concepts of water rights, land ownership, and industrial/environmental regulation. And, as with too many of those issues, wherein lies both short and long-term solutions to the national energy problem, this debate may well outlast the usefulness of the technology. The regulation of the use of water in the coal slurry pipeline under a significant limitation, the commerce clause of the federal constitution, is examined in depth. The Wyoming regulatory approach will be used as a case study because of Wyoming's potential development of coal resources using the slurry pipeline to transport the coal and because of Wyoming's recent involvement in addressing the pipeline issues.

• OSTI ID: 6529523
• Journal Information: Public Land Resour. Law Dig.; (United States), Journal Name: Public Land Resour. Law Dig.; (United States) Vol. 17:2; ISSN PRLDD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
293000* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Policy
Legislation
& Regulation
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FREIGHT PIPELINES
FUELS
LEGAL ASPECTS
MATERIALS
NORTH AMERICA
PIPELINES
REGULATIONS
RESOURCES
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION
SLURRY PIPELINES
STATE GOVERNMENT
USA
WATER RESOURCES
WYOMING