Legal Opinion
Patrick Coal Corp. v. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation & Enforcement
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided May 22, 1987No. Civ. A. 86-0039-APublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GLEN M. WILLIAMS, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Patrick Coal Company (Patrick), seeks review of the decision of an administrative law judge denying plaintiff’s request for temporary relief from a Notice of Violation (NOV) and Cessation Order (CO) which the defendant, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), issued to the plaintiff. The court has jurisdiction pursuant to 30 U.S.C. § 1276 and 28 U.S.C. § 1331.
BACKGROUND
From 1979 to June, 1982, Patrick operated an underground mine known as Middle Creek No. 6 at Poplar Gap, in Buchanan County, Virginia.…
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