ELR Citation: 47 ELR 20101
No(s). CV 15-106-M-DWM (D. Mont. Aug 14, 2017) (Molloy, J.)

A district court halted the expansion of a Montana coal mine approved by the Surface Mining Enforcement Office for violations of NEPA. In 2008, a coal company requested approval of a mine expansion in the Bull Mountains to extract coal owned by the federal government. In 2011, BLM prepared an EA to ...