LibGuides: ENERGY LAW GUIDE: Coal

Useful Resources

Sourcewatch.org
This page provides information on existing U.S. coal-fired power plants. For a list of proposed coal plants and coal plants that are under construction
CoalSwarm wiki
Begun in early 2008, the CoalSwarm wiki is a joint project between CoalSwarm and the Center for Media and Democracy, a Madison, Wisconsin-based media watchdog group. Consisting of over 3,500 articles, the CoalSwarm wiki is housed inside CMD's 50,000-entry SourceWatch wiki.
The West Virginia Coal Economy 2008
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, West Virginia University
and
Center for Business and Economic Research, Marshall University

Mountaintop Removal

Mid-Atlantic Mountaintop Mining - EPA
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcment
VOICES FROM THE DESECRATED PLACES: A JOURNEY TO END MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL MINING
WVU Study examines relationship between mountaintop mining and birth defects

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – A new study co-authored by researchers at West Virginia University found significantly higher prevalence rates for birth defects in mountaintop mining areas compared to other mining areas and non-mining areas.
WVU researchers take to the air to get the facts on coal extraction

Surface Mining

Reclamation

West Virginia Brownfields
This site was created in an effort to encourage, promote, and publicize the development of West Virgina brownfields into viable, productive use
EPA Brownfields and Land Revitalization
The Brownfields Program creates many benefits for local communities, as highlighted below.
Laws & Statutes
On January 11, 2002, President Bush signed the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (Pub .L.No. 107-118, 115 stat. 2356, "the Brownfields Law").
Publications
Brownfields and Land Revitalization

Mining Stats

Clean Coal

Mining Process

West Virginia Code Sections

Chapter 5B - Economic Development Act of 1985

5B-2A - Office of Coalfield Community Development

Chapter 6B - Public Officers and Employees; Ethics; Conflicts of Interest; Financial Disclosure

2 -Financial disclosure statement; contents

Chapter 11 - Taxation

6K Assessment of Industrial Property and Natural Resources Property

13C- Business Investment and Jobs Expansion Tax Credit

Chapter 19 - Agriculture

12A - Land Division

25 Limiting Liability of landowners

Chapter 22 - Environmental Resources

22-3 Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act

Chapter 22A - Miners' Health, Safety and Training

Chapter 22B - Environmental Boards

22B-4 - Surface Mine Board

Chapter 22C- Environmental Resources; Boards, Authorities, Commissions and Compacts

10-Interstate Mining Compact

Chapter 24C - Underground Facilities Damage Prevention

1 - One-Call System

Chapter 30 - Professions and Occupations

13A - Land Surveyors

Chapter 55 - Actions Suits, and Arbitration

12A Lease and Conveyance of Mineral Interest Owned by Missing or Unknown Owners or Abandoning Owners

Agency Regulations: WV Code of State Rules - Mining and Reclamation

FLORIDA ENERGY BUILDING CODE

Building Energy Codes Program
BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
my florida green building
Florida’s per-household consumption of electricity is among the highest in the United States, largely because the State’s hot and humid weather drives up electricity demand for air-conditioning
Florida Energy and Climate Commission
Florida Energy & Climate Commission is the primary organization for state energy and climate change programs and policies.

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Administrative Law & Regulatory Agencies

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA
requires federal agencies to integrate environmental values into their decision making processes by considering the environmental impacts of their proposed actions and reasonable alternatives to those actions.
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
The Clean Air Act, which was last amended in 1990, requires EPA to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (40 CFR part 50) for pollutants considered harmful to public health and the environment.
EPA
Laws that we administer:

* Clean Air Act (CAA)
* Clean Water Act (CWA)
* Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund)
* Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
* Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
* More...

WV Cases

Swears v RM Roach & Sons, Inc. (WVa. Supreme Court)

Carper v Watson (WVa. Supreme Court)

Books

Coal, Oil and Gas
Call Number: TN805.W4 B69 2011
The Law and Regulation of Mining : Minerals to Energy
Call Number: KF1819 .B87 2010