Melvin v. Old Ben Coal Co.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

FOREMAN, Chief Judge:

Defendant Old Ben Coal Company has moved this Court to reconsider and clarify its Memorandum and Order of May 24, 1985, wherein the Court held, inter alia, that defendant was subject to the performance standards, including the subsidence control provisions, of the Illinois Permanent Coal Mining Reclamation Program, despite defendant’s status as an interim permittee at the time of the mining at issue and despite the fact that longwall mining is involved in this case. Upon a thorough review of the applicable law, the Court is firmly convinced that its…