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Failure of Dam No. 3 on the Middle Fork of Buffalo Creek near Saunders, West Virginia on February 26, 1972 (1972) / Chapter Skim
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... Th i s Ac t woul d r equi r e mi ne ope r a tors to submit reclamation plans to insur e aga i ns t fl oodin g as a res ult of minin g activity. In effect, this Act ext ends fe de r al aut hority to p otenti a l public ha z ards rather than be i ng confin ed to haza r ds t o miners only as provided by the Federal Coal Mine He al t h and Saf e ty Act, Dec ember 30, 1969.
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