Monday, March 11, 2013

BLM Rock Springs Signs Bridger Coal Lease Modification Decision

The Bureau of Land Management Rock Springs Field Office has released the environmental assessment, finding of no significant impact, and decision record authorizing Bridger Coal Company to expand their coal lease by 320 acres for underground mining. Serena Baker says the the additional acreage consists of BLM-administered land is in the checkerboard region of mixed public, private and state owned land. 






Bridger Coal Company operates the Jim Bridger Coal Mine complex which includes surface, underground, and highwall mining methods, along with ongoing reclamation, and has been in production since 1974.






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