Surface mining left large devastated areas of land, called spoil banks, as seen from 2,000-feet above Weir, Ks. The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, passed by Congress in 1977, established a program for regulating the surface mining industry and reclamation activities. The law sought to minimize the adverse social, economic and environmental effects of surface mining.
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