Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 18.11.1998

Notice of Intent to Plan

On June 26, 1998, Spring Creek Coal Company (SCCC) filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to lease a 150 acre tract containing about 19.8 million tons of Federally owned coal reserves near the Spring Creek Coal Mine. On June 3, 1998, Spring Creek Coal Company filed an application with the State of Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) to lease a 479 acre coal tract. The tract, which would consist of three separate state leases, contains an estimated 62.1 million tons of state owned coal. As Co-Lead Agencies, the BLM and Montana DNRC will prepare one Environmental Assessment to evaluate the impacts of coal mining which would result from leasing the tracts of Federal and State coal. The lands included in the coal lease applications are located in Big Horn County, Montana and are described as follows: