The Supreme Court today declined to review a challenge from more than 100 coal companies to an Interior Department fee on mined coal for export. Aracoma Coal Company v. United States represented the latest in a long line of litigation from the coal industry seeking to undo fees on mined coal that industry claimed violated the Constitution's Export Clause, which says "no tax or duty shall be laid" on exported goods. The companies have lost several lawsuits on the fee, and today's Supreme Court action leaves a federal appellate court ruling upholding the fee. At issue are Interior regulations promulgated under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. The rules, issued the same year, require coal companies to pay Interior a fee based on tonnage for cleaning up abandoned mines.
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机译：最高法院今天拒绝复审100多家煤炭公司向内政部收取的用于出口的开采煤炭的费用的质疑。 Aracoma Coal Company v。United States代表煤炭行业一长串诉讼中的最新一例，该诉讼旨在撤销对煤炭的收费，煤炭行业声称该收费违反了《宪法》的出口条款，该条款规定对出口货物不征收任何税款或关税。 。两家公司已就这笔费用败诉了数起诉讼，如今，最高法院的裁决仍由联邦上诉法院裁定维持该笔费用。有争议的是根据1977年《露天采矿控制和填海法》颁布的内政法规。该法规于同年发布，要求煤炭公司向内政部支付吨位来清理废弃矿井的费用。
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