Opencast coal mining and the restoration of farmland - the post-war experience

Sheail, J.

Opencast coal mining and the restoration of farmland - the post-war experience - 1991 - Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England 152 1991, 100-101(6) .

Examines the means, both legal and physical, used to rehabilite opencast coal mining sites to farmland. The paper refers to the agencies involved in the process, discusses the provisions for compensation of landowners, and touches on the agricultural methods of treatment.


COAL INDUSTRY ACT 1990
COMPENSATION (DEFENCE) ACT 1939
LANDSCAPING
RECLAMATION
REHABILITATION