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Reclaiming prime farmlands and other high-quality croplands after surface coal mining. Staff memo

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6934188
The Staff memorandum was prepared in support of the Office of Technology Assessment entitled Western Surface Mine Permitting and Reclamation. These provisions were intended to end the historical inadequacy of reclamation practices to return mined prime farmland to a condition capable of supporting its original, intensive agricultural use. The summary presents the results of OTA's analysis of technical concerns and some of the more readily evaluated institutional concerns associated with Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act's provisions for prime farmlands and other high-quality croplands.
Research Organization:
Office of Technology Assessment (U.S. Congress), Washington, DC
OSTI ID:
6934188
Report Number(s):
PB-87-117123/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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AGRICULTURE
COAL MINING
FARMS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
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LAND RECLAMATION
LEGISLATION
LICENSES
MINING
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
REGULATIONS
RESOURCE CONSERVATION
STATE GOVERNMENT
SURFACE MINING
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT