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Alocal conservation group is urging state environmental regulators to deny a coal company another mining permit, alleging the operator of two Wyoming mines failed to comply with regulations or resolve outstanding violations, according to a letter shared with the Star-Tribune.

 

The Powder River Basin Resource Council is a group representing landowners, including many of whom live near coal mines. In a Dec. 21 letter to Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, the organization objected to coal firm Eagle Specialty Materials’ application to renew a mining permit for the Eagle Butte mine, located just outside Gillette.

 

Eagle Specialty Materials is one of the newest coal companies to take over operations at coal mines in Wyoming. It resumed operations at the Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr coal mines in the Powder River Basin after former operator Blackjewel filed for bankruptcy in 2019.

 

But Eagle Specialty Materials does not have a right to operate the Eagle Butte mine, according to staff attorney Shannon Anderson, with the Powder River Basin Resource Council. That’s because the federal leases associated with the mine have not been transferred over to the new operator.

 

Source : https://trib.com/business/energy