In other words, there's three different times that any one of our projects has to go through NEPA three separate times. That is because The Office of Surface Mining recently made a policy decision disconnected from any statutory requirement requiring federal mine plans to also be subject to NEPA. Three layers of the federal coal permitting process are now subject to NEPA review in Wyoming. So Mr. Hergott, are there other project areas that you are aware of that are subject to multiple rounds of nepa? (01:09–01:22)
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Asserts that the Office of Surface Mining requires federal mine plans to undergo NEPA review without statutory requirement.
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