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will not bo controlled. And the homes make up 6 2 per cent general rule that post-freezeJUDGE EDWARD G. HILLTennessee Stripping Law UnenforceableNASHVILLE. Tenn. (APi — Tennessee's strip mine control laws are unenforceable and must be changed as soon as possible, the state conservation department's special consultant on surface mining says.Dr. Edward Thackston. an environmental specialist fromJudge Hill To File For High CourtCircuit Judge Edward G. Hill of Harlan County today announced for the Court of Appeals of Kentucky in the Democrat and Republican primaries For 16 years Judge Hill has served the- 26th Judicial Circuit which is composed of Harlan County Four times he has been elected without opposition.In addition to his Harlan County service he has presided as special judge in Knox. Whitley-. Laurel. Clay. Leslie, Letcher, Pike. Knott. Perry. Madison, Fayette and Mercer countiesIn 1963 and 1964 Judge Hill presided over the Newport. Ky. Grand Jury that cleaned up vice and crime and received national recognition.In 1967 he received the Kentucky State Bar Association •'Outstanding Service Award” for his service as circuit judge Eastern Kentucky University in 1970 honored him with its “Outstanding Alumnus Award in recognition of outstanding accomplishments in the field of ludicial law.In addition to his judical lervice Judge Hill served as a member of the Appalachian Regional Hospital Board of Directors during the transition from United Mine Workers of America ownership to a nonprofit corporation He has also served on the Harlan County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors He currently serves as Chairman of the Board. Harlan Christian Church where he has taught Sunday Sc boo. for several yearsJudge Hill is a native of Bell County but has lived in Harlan County since 1920 In World War II he served in the Navy as a gunnery officer in the Atlantic ind Mediterranean areas.Prior to his election as circuit )udge he was associated with a law firm in Harlan.He is married to the former Kathleen Welsh of Estill County. The have three children One daughter. Mrs V. D. Florence Jr., lives in Cvnthiana. Another daughter. Mrs. Lane Gentry, lives in l^xington, and a son, Logan, lives in HarlanVanderbilt University who acted as consultant to the legislature last session on air and water pollution, prepared the report on strip mining for Gov. Winfield Dunn's administration The report will be used to prepare new bills for the General Assembly to consider in February, said Bill Jenkins, commissioner of conservation The 37-page report says Tennessee's laws lack the enforcement features found in the strong laws Kentucky. Pennsylvania and West Virginia “It is in the area of enforcement where Tennessee's law is least effective. said ThackstonThackston said the state must act quickly to improve its controls over the strip mine operatorssion of reclamation do not have the authority to issue orders requiring a strip mine operator to perform or not to perform certain acts, tr even comply with the law Major recommendations in the report included:—The conservation commissioner should have the power to deny strip mine permits in areas where pollution or environmental damage would result or where reclamation is doubtful - The commissioner should have the power to issue orders and enforce them; a strip mining inspector should have authority to crder suspension cf a mining permit if operations don't meet requirements.Performance standards for mining, water pollution control, regrading and revegetation should be strengthened, bring mg tbem into line with those of
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Harlan Daily Enterprise
Harlan, Kentucky, US
Thu, Nov 11, 1971
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