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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY LAND QUALITY DIVISION Draft Proposed Rules and Statement of Reasons Coal Rules and Regulations, Chapter 1, 2, 4, 11, 12 and 16 ... They become an official part of Wyoming's coal regulatory program when approved by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior or his designee. Section 2.
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Dec 16, 2015The complaint contends Arch Coal is mining coal without setting aside sufficient funds to reclaim land it disturbs. The complaint was filed Wednesday with the Wyoming Department of Environmental...
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The Land Quality Division works to ensure that any land disturbances resulting from mining are minimal, and that affected areas are properly restored once mining is complete. The LQD has the authority to require permitting and licensing of all operator actions of surface and underground mine facilities.
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Wyoming Environmental Quality Act (ACT) and Land Quality Division (LQD) Rules and Regulations addressing bonding topics. This Guideline was developed as a joint project of the Wyoming Mining Association (WMA) Reclamation Subcommittee and the LQD. The LQD has and intends to selectively and periodically
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CASPER - Wyoming environmental regulators have approved a coal firm's application to construct the state's first new coal mine in nearly half a century. The Department of Environmental ...
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Aug 19, 2022Aug 19, 2022 Claire Lake, DEQ Summer Intern Courtesy photo The Department of Environmental Quality's Land Quality Division (LQD) established the summer intern work program in 2021 to recruit a junior or senior student enrolled at the University of Wyoming in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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affect extraction of coal, coal ownership, coal quality, coal sales price, and tax information were gathered during this phase of the assessment. Geophysical logs for 29,928 drill holes (of which 21,393 were non-proprietary) were examined and the lithology picks were entered in a database using the StratiFact software and graphics program.
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Coal Mining in the Middle Powder River Basin, Wyoming. Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Land Quality Division, WDEQ-CHIA-27, 165 p., 1 plate. Cover photos from top left to lower right: (1) Belle Fourche River at the Cordero Rojo Mine, facing upstream to the
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The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ)/Land Quality Division (LQD) administers Wyoming's coal regulatory program. The permit application and bonding process for the largest surface coal mine permit in the USA, North Antelope Rochelle Mine (NARM) located in short grassland prairie in the northeast Wyoming, is discussed.
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Department for Natural Resources Division of Mine Reclamation and Enforcement Non-Coal, Explosives and Blasting Branch 300 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 1 This form is for verification of participation in online training available on the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality / Land Quality / Coal / Blasting website.
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Since the Territorial days the Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) and the Wyoming State Geologist have played major roles in researching and tracking Wyoming's coal resources. In 1976, a new building and headquarters for the agency was built on the University of Wyoming campus in Laramie, where the work of the WSGS became more specialized.
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Aug 2, 2022A coal mine in the Powder River Basin has received state recognition for its reclamation efforts. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recognized the Coal Creek Mine with its 2022 Excellence in Mining Reclamation Award for coal. Coal Creek Mine is operated by Thunder Basin Coal Company south of Gillette.
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Proposed rules to limit self-bonding for mining companies in Wyoming will be sent back to their writers, a citizen regulatory board decided Wednesday after hearing complaints from the coal industry.
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Jun 15, 2021Administrator, Land Quality Division. Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Cheyanne, WY . Mr. Ben Nuvamsa . Executive Director, KIVA Institute Former Chairman, Hopi Tribe Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ . Mr. Joe Pizarchik . Former Director (2009-2017) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Harrisburg, PA
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Update on the Federal Coal Leasing Program Review. In August 2021, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register to conduct a review of the federal coal leasing program. That Notice served to inform the public of the BLM's intent to review the federal coal program and to solicit comments from the public, which were received through Oct. 5, 2021.
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Federal coal. The Buckskin Mine is operating under approved mining permits from the Land Quality and Air Quality Divisions of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality. The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) will be a cooperating agency in the preparation of the EIS. If the tract is leased to the applicant, the new ...
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Sep 15, 2022Current Public Notices for the Land Quality Division. Notice of Land Quality Advisory Board Meeting - September 22, 2022. August 24, 2022. Notice of Phase 2 Bond Release Application - Peabody Caballo Mining, LLC, TFN 7 3/132. August 20, 2022. Notice of Phase 3 Bond Release Application - Peabody Powder River Mining, LLC, TFN 7 5/131.
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Wyoming's diverse mineral deposits and unique geology provide raw materials for industry, energy development and other sectors. The exploration, development and production of some of Earth's most basic natural resources creates quality employment opportunities in local communities, and federal mineral development is a major source of revenue that supports local, state and federal priorities.
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Sep 12, 2022One of the state's oldest and largest coal producers, Arch currently operates the Black Thunder and Coal Creek mines in Campbell County, where it employs more than 1,100 people. ... work that was recognized by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality with the 2022 Excellence in Mining Reclamation Award for Coal -- while maintaining a ...
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The Powder River Basin is the largest regional producer of coal in the United States. In the Wyoming portion of the Basin, there are 13 active coal mines that produced about 428 million tons in 2010, while production from all coal mines in the state totaled 442.5 million tons last year, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety ...
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Wyoming's largest coal mines would effectively be banned from self ... citizen members of the Land Quality Advisory Board voted 4-1 to require strong credit ratings for companies that want to ...
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The remaining land consists of active mine sites, facilities, and stockpiles. Reclamation is Strictly Monitored. Surface coal mines follow strict laws and work closely with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ), Office of Surface Mining (OSM), Game and Fish, and Bureau of Land Management ...
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Quality Division of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and an approved air quality permit from the Air Quality Division of the Wyoming DEQ that allows them to mine up to 35 million tons of coal per year. The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, the Land Quality Division of the Wyoming DEQ, the Air Quality ...
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The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) founded in 1973, is a Wyoming state agency to protect, conserve and enhance the environment of Wyoming "through a combination of monitoring, permitting, inspection, enforcement and restoration/remediation activities".
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Jun 16, 2021Republicans said federal bureaucracy can slow the process of mine reclamation and held up Wyoming as an example of success. The state's coal mines are managed "in a manner that protects the state and provides for responsible coal resource development," Kyle Wendtland, the administrator of the Wyoming Land Quality Division, testified.
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Kyle Wendtland, administrator of the land-quality division of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, says that if Alpha emerges from bankruptcy, as the state expects, it will be required ...
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The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality is one of the 25 agencies across the country certified to oversee an abandoned mine land reclamation program. ... Wyoming has about 83,000 acres of ...
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The regulatory authority for coal mining in Wyoming, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Land Quality Division (LQD), is developing technical standards for species diversity, and for cover and production in some parts of the state. Regardless of the type of comparison, statistically valid tests must be used on quantitative data to ...
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Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images. 87. On Wednesday, Wyoming's Land Quality Advisory Board voted to limit so-called "self-bonding" in the state, a practice that allows coal and ...
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Aug 2, 2022GILLETTE, Wyo. — Reclamation efforts at Coal Creek Mine have received a statewide award for their work on three of four open pits, according to the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality. The award recognizes Wyoming coal and noncoal mine operators for either overall performance in meeting reclamation goals or in achieving a specific ...
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Federal Coal Leases WYW-02727 . Mining Plan Modification . A. Introduction The Bridger Mine Complex is operated by Bridger Coal Company (BCC) and is located the approximately 31 miles northeast of Rock Springs, Wyoming.The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ)-Land Quality Division (LQD) issued Permit No. 388-T7, in accordance
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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY . LAND QUALITY DIVISION. GUIDELINE NO. 12 . STANDARDIZED RECLAMATION PERFORMANCE BOND FORMAT AND COST CALCULATION METHODS. Revised February 2017 using $1.90/gal. diesel & 70% of EQ Hourly Rates. DEQ 33-001 Filed: 5/17/2017 9:38:00 AM WEQC. DEQ Exhibit 33
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Specifically, each summary provides a short chronology of the application with information about the scoping meetings, hearings, hearing transcripts, environmental analysis, decisions, coal quantity and quality, and the results of the competitive LBA sales or noncompetitive LMA offers.
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Updated Dec. 17, 2015 9:18 am ET. Text. The Powder River Basin Resource Council and the Western Organization of Resource Councils have filed a complaint, saying one of the largest coal mine ...
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These rules and regulations are adopted by the Environmental Quality Council and the Administrator of the Land Quality Division pursuant to the authority granted the Council and the Administrator by the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act, Sections 35-11-101 through 35-11-1104, Wyoming Statutes, 1977, as amended.
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We provide handbooks and checklists in the Guidance & Info resource to assist you in completing the forms needed to obtain your license or permit for non-coal, in situ/uranium, small, or limited mining. We also provide instructions for completing the forms necessary for non-coal bonds.
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Such as e.g. Wyoming Quality Act and Industrial Devel-opment Information and Sitting Act giving the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ)/Land Qual-ity Division (LQD) authority to establish standards for rec-lamation (Wyoming Statues Annotated 2018). The major reclamation criteria and performance stand-
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3 days agoThe permitting process through the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality will take an about 18 months, and then construction can begin. Carr said working with the state of Wyoming is considerably different than with the Bureau of Land Management, at an exploration operation on federal land in central Nevada.
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Wyoming environmental regulators have approved a coal firm's application to construct the state's first new coal mine in decades. The Department of Environmental Quality announced Tuesday it will...
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Wyoming may be known for its coal deposits in the Powder River Basin, which supplies up to 40% of the nation's coal needs, but people have mined coal all over the state for more than 100 years. Coal is the second largest resource produced in Wyoming, using both surface and underground mining methods.
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