Interior announcement that Rosebud mine expansion has been approved wasn't true
Source: Billings Gazette
MATT HUDSON mhudson@billingsgazette.com 1 hr ago
The Interior Department's announcement of approval for a large Eastern Montana coal mine expansion turned out to be false.
Interior spokeswoman Heather Swift walked back her previous announcement, reported by the Associated Press, that an expansion of Westmoreland Coal Company's Rosebud Mine near Colstrip received the green light.
"A previous statement by the Department that it had approved the expansion of the mine was incorrect and was the result of an internal miscommunication," Swift said in an email to The Gazette.
Though the expansion didn't receive final approval, a draft environmental impact statement is set to be released to the public, Swift said.
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