COALEX REPORT 6

	Coalex Report 6

This is the Office of Surface Mining's library of COALEX Research Reports. COALEX is a database of mining and reclamation information, including the Surface Mining Law and regulations, maintained in LEXIS-NEXIS -- a commercial, on-line research service. These reports have been compiled under a cooperative agreement between the Office of Surface Mining and the Interstate Mining Compact Commission, which represents most U.S. coal producing states. The following report includes an analysis of a specific issue requested by a state regulatory authority with responsibility for carrying out the Surface Mining Law. Copies of the research reports and attachments are available to the public, upon request. For additional information, or to obtain copies of the listed attachments, contact Ron Tarquinio by phone at (202) 208-2882 or by e-mail at rtarquin@osmre.gov.

                   

COALEX STATE INQUIRY REPORT - 6
July 19, 1984

Carol A. Baca, Esquire
Mining & Minerals Division
Energy & Minerals Department
525 Camino do Los Marquez
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501

TOPIC: COURT OPINION

INQUIRY: Requested copy of decision, VIRGINIA CITIZENS FOR BETTER RECLAMATION, INC. v
JAMES WATT, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, No. 83-1826 (4th Cir June 6, 1984).

SEARCH RESULT: See below.

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   Neither appellate nor district court opinions were located in LEXIS.  Contacted LEXIS Customer
Service, who confirmed the cases were inadvertently left out of LEXIS.

   Betty Chambers contacted Jim Hamilton (VA) for a copy of the decision.  The copy was received
and forwarded on July 19, 1984.


Search conducted by: Michael Tucker.

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