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Committee hears push to let Bull Mountains Mine continue federal coal production while EIS is completed
Summary
Representative Troy Downing and the operator of the Bull Mountains Mine asked the House Natural Resources Subcommittee to pass H.R. 931 to permit limited mining of federal coal while the Office of Surface Mining completes an environmental impact statement.
Representative Troy Downing and Signal Peak Energy told the House Natural Resources subcommittee that an ongoing federal review is threatening jobs at the Bull Mountains Mine in eastern Montana and asked Congress to pass H.R. 931 to allow limited mining during a delayed environmental-impact review.
Representative Troy Downing, sponsor of H.R. 931, said without congressional action "Montana's only underground coal mine could be forced to shut down by the end of the year." Parker Phipps, president and CEO of Signal Peak Energy, testified that the company operates the Bull Mountains Mine under a federal lease and that…
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