Reclamation of strip-mined land is difficult chiefly because
A. nobody can afford it because the minimum reclamation costs about $1000 per acre.
B. topsoil is mixed up and buried so topsoil must take time to develop again for plants to grow.
C. there is no legal enforcement.
D. no plants will grow in the spoil banks because of the heavy load of dangerous chemicals.
E. there are no subsidies that exist for mining, unlike other resource-based industries.
Answer: B. topsoil is mixed up and buried so topsoil must take time to develop again for plants to grow.
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