Surface Water and Coal Mines / Canceled Visas

Missoulian: Congress scraps Obama rules on coal mining, guns
Stream Protection Rule

Building a Stream Protection Rule

“The rule defines “material damage to the hydrologic balance outside the permit area” for the first time and clarifying that the statutory prohibition on the approval of proposed operations that would result in material damage to the hydrologic balance outside the permit area applies to both surface and underground mining operations. Under SMCRA, the regulatory authority may not approve a permit application unless the application demonstrates, and the regulatory authority finds, that the proposed operation would not result in material damage to the hydrologic balance outside the permit area.”

Missoulian: State Dept: Fewer than 60,000 visas canceled by Trump order

 Report of the Visa Office 2016.

National Visa Center