The Utah coal industry has benefited from recent reforms in federal coal leasing, permitting and streamlining of environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). During the previous administration,...more
10/23/2018
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Coal Industry ,
Department of the Interior ,
Executive Orders ,
Infrastructure ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
Mineral Leases ,
NEPA ,
Notice of Intent ,
Oil & Gas ,
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) ,
Trump Administration
On January 15, 2016, Interior Secretary Jewell halted federal coal leasing on public lands. Western coal companies are attempting to sort out the implications of the moratorium and exemptions set out in Secretarial Order...more