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Proceedings of the Symposium on Valid Existing Rights

Author
Various Authors
Date
1990
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-044316)
Publisher | Place of publication
University of Kentucky College of Law | Lexington, KY, USA
Pages
764 p.
Document type
Monography/book
Conference name | place | date
Symposium on Valid Existing Rights | Washington | 19900403 -19900404
Language
English
Country/Territory
United States of America
Subject
Mineral resources
Keyword
Governance
Abstract

This symposium was convened to help define Valid Existing Rights. Section 522(e) of SMCRA prohibits surface coal mining operations in certain protected areas, such as national parks, wilderness areas and buffer zones around dwellings, schools, churches and roads, unless the mining operations were in existence prior to August 3, 1977, the implementation date of SMCRA, or a person has VER. The term is not defined in SMCRA