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Public Meeting Underway on Coal Mining on Federal Land

The first public meeting over the future of the federal coal leasing program and possibly charging more to mine is underway at the Casper Events Center.

The doors opened for speaker registration at 8:30 this morning. The meeting is scheduled to conclude at 4 this afternoon. The Bureau of Land Management islive-streaming the Casper meeting.

This public meeting is one of several planned during a three-year moratorium on federal coal leasing. The Bureau of Land Management is also accepting written comments until July 28, 2016 via email to BLM_WO_Coal_Program_PEIS_Comments@blm.gov or by mail to: Coal Programmatic EIS Scoping. Bureau of Land Management, 20 M St. SE, Room 2134 LM, Washington, D.C. 20003

The leasing reforms could shape the future of coal as more mines close in Appalachia and the remaining industry coalesces around mines in the West.