Surface mining control and reclamation act of 1977

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Surface mining control and reclamation act of 1977

• Draft Year 1977
• Amendment Years The Abandoned Mine Reclamation
  Act of 1990 amended this act.
• This is a National Act

By Ashlee Schlesier Period 2
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Function/Environ. Issues

• Regulated mining activity, rehabilitated
  abandoned mines, and protected society and the
  environment from the adverse effects of mining
  operations.
• The SMCRA directed owners of coal mines to
  contribute bonds for land rehabilitation and
  environmental damages caused by mining
  activities.
• Affects mining in the USA

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Group Responsible for Enforcement

• Office of Surface Mining, an agency within the
  Department of the Interior, to promulgate
  regulations, to fund state regulatory and
  reclamation efforts, and to ensure consistency
  among state regulatory programs.