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TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SURFACE MINING
CONTROL AND RECLAMATION ACT OF 1977

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INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND
RECLAMATION ACT OF 1977

HEARING HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC, AUGUST 3, 1987

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COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MORRIS K. UDALL, Arizona, Chairman

GEORGE MILLER, California
PHILIP R. SHARP, Indiana
EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts
AUSTIN J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania
NICK JOE RAHALL II, West Virginia
BRUCE F. VENTO, Minnesota
JERRY HUCKABY, Louisiana
DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan
TONY COELHO, California
BEVERLY B. BYRON, Maryland
RON DE LUGO, Virgin Islands
SAM GEJDENSON, Connecticut
PETER H. KOSTMAYER, Pennsylvania
RICHARD H. LEHMAN, California
BILL RICHARDSON, New Mexico
FOFO I.F. SUNIA, American Samoa
GEORGE (BUDDY) DARDEN, Georgia
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
JAIME B. FUSTER, Puerto Rico
MEL LEVINE, California

JAMES MCCLURE CLARKE, North Carolina
WAYNE OWENS, Utah

JOHN LEWIS, Georgia

BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon

DON YOUNG, Alaska,

Ranking Republican Member MANUEL LUJAN, JR., New Mexico ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO, California RON MARLENEE, Montana

DICK CHENEY, Wyoming

CHARLES PASHAYAN, JR., California

LARRY CRAIG, Idaho

DENNY SMITH, Oregon

JAMES V. HANSEN, Utah

BILL EMERSON, Missouri

BARBARA F. VUCANOVICH, Nevada BEN BLAZ, Guam

JOHN J. RHODES III, Arizona

ELTON GALLEGLY, California
RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana

STANLEY SCOVILLE, Staff Director and Counsel
ROY JONES, Associate Staff Director and Counsel
LEE MCELVAIN, General Counsel

WILLIAM L. SHAFER, Consultant on Mines, Minerals, and Public Lands
MARK TRAUTWEIN, Consultant on Environment, Energy and Public Lands
RICHARD A. AGNEW, Republican Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

MORRIS K. UDALL, Arizona, Chairman

GEORGE MILLER, California
PHILIP R. SHARP, Indiana
EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts
AUSTIN J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania
NICK JOE RAHALL II, West Virginia
JERRY HUCKABY, Louisiana
SAM GEJDENSON, Connecticut
GEORGE (BUDDY) DARDEN, Georgia
JAIME B. FUSTER, Puerto Rico
MEL LEVINE, California

JAMES MCCLURE CLARKE, North Carolina

WAYNE OWENS, Utah

MANUEL LUJAN, JR., New Mexico
DON YOUNG, Alaska

RON MARLENEE, Montana

CHARLES PASHAYAN, JR., California LARRY CRAIG, Idaho

BARBARA F. VUCANOVICH, Nevada BEN BLAZ, Guam

JOHN J. RHODES III, Arizona

RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana

RICHARD D. HAPKE, Republican Consultant on Energy

NOTE.-The first listed minority member is counterpart to the subcommittee chairman.

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Panel consisting of:

James S. Lyon, representing Environmental Policy Institute.

Mary Jane Adams, chairperson, Kentucky Fair Tax Coalition..
Connie White, president, Save Our Cumberland Mountains.
Eddy Begay, representing Navajo Nation, Huersano Chapter

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August Keller, director of government and public affairs, North
American Coal Co., representing the National Coal Association and

American Mining Congress......

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APPENDIX

MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1987

Additional material submitted for the hearing record from:

Hon. Frank McCloskey, a U.S. Representative from the State of Indiana: 1. Prepared statement

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2. Document entitled "National Bonding Bankruptcies". National Wildlife Federation: Prepared statement of L. Thomas Galloway, spokesman

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Sierra Club:

1. Prepared statement of Wyona Coleman, spokesperson

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2. Letter from W. Hord Tipton, Director, Lexington Field Office, U.S. Department of the Interior to Charlotte Baldwin, secretary, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet, January 21, 1987, enclosing documents relating to hearing of August 3, 1987. National Wildlife Federation: Prepared statement of Cathy Carlson, surface mining project coordinator.

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Western Organization of Resources Councils: Prepared statement of Gerald
Digger Moravek, spokesman.

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Southwest Research and Information Center: Prepared statement of Paul
Robinson, spokesman..

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West Virginia Highlands Conservancy: Prepared statement of John Purbaugh, president..

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Illinois South Projects, Inc.:

1. Prepared statement of Melanie Baise, spokesperson. 2. Article entitled "Mining Subsidence Engineering".

Concern About Water Loss Due to Mining:

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Citizens Organized Against Longwalling: Prepared statement of Betty Wells, spokesperson

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Environmental Policy Institute:

1. Prepared statement of James S. Lyon, director of citizens mining project.

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2. Document entitled "A Coal Field Proclamation for the 1990's". Mary Jane Adams: Deed from her family, 1906..

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Interstate Mining Compact Commission: Prepared statement of Gary Merritt, spokesman

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National Coal Association and American Mining Congress:

1. Prepared statement of Ben Lusk, Washington representative, Drummond Co., Inc....

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2. Prepared statement of John C. Grisham, president, Buckeye Industrial
Mining Co.........

Ashland Coal, Inc.: Prepared statement of David G. Todd, vice president..
National Coal Association and American Mining Congress: Prepared state-
ment of August Keller, director, government and public affairs, North
American Coal Corp.....

Society for American Archeology:

1. Prepared statement of Richard A. Boisvert, spokesman.

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2. Prepared statement presented at the 52d annual meeting, May 7, 1987, Toronto, Canada....

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3. Prepared statement of Charles M. Niquette, chairman, government relations committee..

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Council for the Conservation of Indian Archeology, Inc.: Prepared statement of Cheryl Ann Munson, president............

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Eastern Coal Association:

1. Prepared statement of Paul Corbin, spokesman...

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2. Position paper on Opening the Federal Surface Mining and Reclamation Control Act of 1977

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Robin Webb, attorney: Prepared statement..

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U.S. Department of the Interior-Continued

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2. Letter from Secretary Hodel to Chairman Udall, July 31, 1987. U.S. Department of the Interior-Continued

1. Prepared statement of Hon. Jed D. Christensen, Director, Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation......

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3. Letter from Philip G. Kiko, legislative counsel to Chairman Udall, August 3, 1987, enclosing amendments to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977......

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Additional statements and correspondence were also received from:
Consolidation Coal Co.: Letter from Stephen G. Young to Hon. Nick Rahall II,
August 12, 1988...

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Letter from Hon. Thomas C. Sawyer, a U.S. Representative from the State of
Ohio to Chairman Udall, August 10, 1987

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B.F. Goodrich, Co.:

1. Prepared statement

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2. Preprint of paper presented at the 1987 Abandoned Mine Lands Conference, October 1987.

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Article from Coal Mining entitled "Helping nature help itself".

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U.S. Department of the Interior: Report entitled "Control of Acid Drainage
From Coal Refuse Using Anionic Surfactants".

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Hon. Morris K. Udall, a U.S. Representative from the State of Arizona:
Article from the Washington Post entitled "For the People of the Coal
Fields".

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Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment: Testimony from the field
hearing of August 3, 1987, in Columbus, OH...
Navajo Nation: Prepared statement.......

Patricia A. Marsh, Wheeling, WV: Letter to Chairman Udall, August 28, 1987

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