Mountaintop Mining: Background on Current Controversies

Copeland, Claudia

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Mineral industries;    Mining engineering;    Mines and mineral resources;   

RP-ID  :  RS21421
RP-ID  :  RS21421_2012Mar29

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report provides background on regulatory requirements, controversies and legal challenges to mountaintop mining, and recent Administration actions. Congressional interest in these issues also is discussed, including legislation in the 111th Congress seeking to restrict the practice of mountaintop mining and other legislation intended to block the Obama Administration’s regulatory actions. Attention to EPA’s veto of the West Virginia mining permit and other federal agency actions has increased in the 112th Congress.