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Wyoming mining group tells committee coal leasing process is long and needs speed to meet rising demand
Summary
Travis Detaime of the Wyoming Mining Association told the Select Federal Natural Resource Management Committee that federal coal leasing takes a decade or longer, recent federal policy shifts have reopened leasing activity, and market and technology trends could drive much higher electricity demand.
Travis Detaime, executive director of the Wyoming Mining Association, told the Select Federal Natural Resource Management Committee that federal coal leasing is a lengthy process and Wyoming faces a “learning curve” after more than a decade with little leasing activity.
Detaime gave the committee a step‑by‑step overview of how a coal lease application proceeds through the Bureau of Land Management, state and federal permitting, and other reviews, noting that “the term that we sometimes use is concept to shovel,” and that the full process can take “anywhere from 10 to 16 years.”
The testimony outlined why industry…
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