Reclamation practices and environmental problems of surface mining: hearings before the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session, on H.R. 2 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 |
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Page 471 - ... the interest sought to be protected by the complainant is arguably within the zone of interests to be protected or regulated by the statute or constitutional guarantee in question.
Page 247 - ... land that has the best combination of physical and chemical characteristics for producing food, feed, forage, fiber, and oilseed crops...
Page 466 - State with respect to such a standard or limitation, or (2) against the Administrator where there is alleged a failure of the Administrator to perform any act or duty under this Act which is not discretionary with the Administrator. The district courts shall have jurisdiction, without regard to the amount in controversy or the citizenship of the parties, to enforce such an effluent standard or limitation, or such an order, or to order the Administrator to perform such act or duty, as the case may...
Page 108 - Act; but such violation does not create an imminent danger to the health or safety of the public, or cannot be reasonably expected to cause significant, imminent environmental harm...
Page 471 - The theory that the Commission can always effectively represent the listener interests . . . without the aid and participation of legitimate listener representatives fulfilling the role of private attorneys general is one of those assumptions we collectively try to work with so long as they are reasonably adequate. When it becomes clear . . . that it is no longer a valid assumption which stands up under the realities of actual experience, neither we nor the Commission can continue to rely on it.
Page 432 - ... in a surface coal mining and reclamation operation, which condition, practice, or violation could reasonably be expected to cause substantial physical harm to persons outside the permit area before such condition, practice, or violation can be abated. A reasonable expectation of death or serious injury before abatement exists if a rational person, subjected to the same conditions or practices giving rise to the peril, would not expose himself or herself to the danger during the time necessary...
Page 136 - ... (1) against any person (including (i) the United States, and (ii) any other governmental instrumentality or agency to the extent permitted by the eleventh amendment to the Constitution) who is alleged to be in violation of (A) an effluent standard or limitation...
Page 310 - ... for that purpose, and shall be public records open for inspection at all times during reasonable office hours. A copy of any department or office rule or regulation shall be received in evidence in all courts of this state with the same effect as the original, if certified by a member or duly authorized employee of such agency.
Page 466 - Except as provided in subsection (b) , any person may commence a civil action on his own behalf — "(1) against any person (including (i) the United States, and (ii) any other governmental instrumentality or agency to the extent permitted by the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution...
Page 134 - ... officer or head of any Federal, State, or local governmental agency which has jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to any environmental, social, or economic impact involved in the operation, or is authorized to develop and enforce environmental standards with respect to such operations...