Proceedings of the Symposium on Valid Existing Rights Autor Various Authors Fecha 1990 Fuente IUCN (ID: MON-044316) Editor | Lugar de publicación University of Kentucky College of Law | Lexington, KY, USA Páginas 764 p. Tipo de documento Monografía/libro Conferencia | lugar | fecha Symposium on Valid Existing Rights | Washington | 19900403 -19900404 Idioma Inglés País/Territorio Estados Unidos de América Materia Recursos minerales Palabra clave Gobernanza Resumen 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