Legal Opinion
Ctzn Coal Cncl v. Norton, Gale A.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 3, 2003No. 19-7106PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.
SENTELLE, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal by the Secretary of the Interior and intervenor National Mining Association (“NMA”) from a judgment of the District Court. The District Court held that the Secretary’s interpretation of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act’s (“SMCRA”) section 701(28), 30 U.S.C. § 1291(28) (2000), to exclude subsidence from the definition of “surface coal mining operations” regulated under section 522(e) of the Act, 30 U.S.C. § 1272(e), was contrary to the law and therefore invalid. Because we find that…
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