PDF Landscape Changes in the Southern Coalfields of West Virginia
Results found surface mining related classes and their transitions including the effects of reclamation processes on areas mined before the enactment of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act SMCRA 1977 Large scale surface coal mining in WV started after 1914 while the first surface mining reported in the region opened in
ARTICLE 3 SURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION
the state of West Virginia to strike a careful balance between the protection of the environment and the economical mining of coal needed to meet energy requirements resources within the permit area which are disturbed or utilized during the term of the permit in the course of surface mining and reclamation activities "Affected area