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_005196949	United States Catholic Conference. Committee on Social Development and World Peace.	Strip mining : a call for regulation	1976		.txt	text/plain	792	30	50	National legislation should at least: • Prohibit strip mining of lands which cannot be returned to their original contour or productivity; • Prohibit strip mining on prime agricultural lands; • Protect the owner-operators of surface lands; • Require and set strict guidelines for recla- mation wherever strip mining is permitted; DeacfcWfecf • Provide for the reclamation of iands previ- ously stripped and abandoned; • Establish methods of determining priority uses for water and other resources needed for strip mining; • Require public participation in determining whether individual sites should be strip mined; • Require the coal industry to observe the laws of individual states regarding strip mining when these are stricter than federal law; • During the last several years we have witnessed in the United States a substantial in- crease in the practice of strip mining to obtain coal and other minerals.	cache/_005196949.txt	txt/_005196949.txt