Write a 5-7 page essay (excluding title page and references for the length but must include them) on the following: Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA ) environmental law or regulation, explain its history, purpose and goals in detail, and evaluate its successes and failures since enactment. Use subsequent court and legislative events, as well as information from the internet and/or printed literature, to help in your evaluation.
You are required to use specific facts, cases, and multiple citations (I suggest 5-10 or more) in order to make a good grade on this assignment.
You are required to integrate your course materials and concepts as well.
Have multiple citations from valid sources (no wiki-anything; use .gov, .edu. or .org websites) and should avoid direct quotes from others; rather relying on your own synthesis.