Mining - Coal Strip Mining, 1971-1972

File — Box: 19, Folder: 2

Identifier: CAC_CC_020_1_19_2_0000

Scope and Contents

Topics and types of documents include copy of H. R. 4557 to control coal mining operations that adversely affect environmental quality; press releases; fact sheet; Congressional Record remarks; copy of H. R. 9737 providing for regulations of coal strip mining; "Ugly Mark of Strip Mining: A Series of Investigative Reports," William Greenburg, Nashville Tennessean, September 1971; "Stripping the Land for Coal-Only the Beginning: State and County Projections," COALition Against Strip Mining-Friends of the Earth, February 1972; and What Mining Means to the United States, American Mining Congress, March 1972.

Dates

Creation: 1971-1972

Creator

From the Collection: Gallagher, Cornelius E., U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 13th district (1959-1973), 1921-2018 (Person)

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Access Restriction

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