Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. Conference report to accompany H. R. 2 submitted to the 95th Congress, First Session

Book · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:7317417

The conference report sums recommendations made to both Houses on the bill (H.R.2) to provide for the cooperation between the Secretary of the Interior and the States with respect to the regulation of surface coal mining operations, and the acquisition and reclamation of abandoned mines, and for other purposes. This is the third time in each of the last three Congresses that House and Senate conferees have met to resolve differences in Federal legislation to control the impact of surface coal mining. Due to the continued consideration by Congress over the last five years both H.R. 2 and 7 were structurally similar and substantively similar in most provisions. Differences were focused on specific provisions which represented different approaches on selected issues considered by the House and Senate. The general standards common to both bills include: restoration objectives; regrading to ''approximate original contour''; topsoil segregation; revegetation and time periods for operator responsibility; water impoundment controls; water resources protection; control of blasting; mine waste disposal; and control of access roads. The nine Titles are printed in full, and the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference follows. (MCW)

• OSTI ID: 7317417
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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