A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to provide that performance standards for the reclamation of surface coal mining operations shall not require restoration of lands to the approximate original contour where the surface owner specifies a different reclamation standard.

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Introduced

5 January 1981

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Status

Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.

Summary

Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to permit standards for the reclamation of mined land other than that of restoration to the approximate original contour, if the surface owner so specifies.

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summary · EN · 5 January 1981
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/house-bill/396
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