SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION ACT: A UTAH PERSPECTIVE

Dianne Nielson

Review of Policy Research, 1989, vol. 9, issue 1, 152-159

Abstract: The authority to regulate the coal industry a t the state level, under state statute and rules, the importance of the coal industry to the state, the importance of an environmentally sound regulatory program, and the benefit of a state‐managed abandoned mine reclamation program, in short the ability of the state to manage its own natural resources, make state primacy a necessity, not an option. Implementation of SMCRA cannot be measured in the myriad of oversight statistics. Effectiveness means cost‐effective, timely reclamation of abandoned sites; consistent, workable rules and regulatory practices; responsive program management; and compliance which is internalized in the mine's operations.

Date: 1989
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