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Feds OK Arch's West Elk expansion; Interior proposes new review rules

BLM approves Arch Coal's West Elk lease expansion, GCC mine decision

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management issued coal lease modifications for Arch Coal Inc.'s West Elk mine in Colorado on Dec. 15. According to an agency press release, the BLM issued the permits for two coal lease modifications, which total 1,721 acres in the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison national forests in Gunnison County, Colo. The U.S. Forest Service consented to the expansion Dec. 11.

Interior to propose new rules on environmental reviews, endangered species

The U.S. Interior Department expects to propose new rules next year streamlining its environmental review process and regulations for listing endangered and threatened species, according to listings in the Unified Agenda posted by the White House on Dec. 14. President Donald Trump has ordered agencies to eliminate regulations and other requirements that could hold back energy development.

DOE reshuffles energy, science offices

The U.S. Department of Energy is reshuffling its energy and science program offices to largely fall under two new undersecretaries in a move that unwinds the prior administration’s consolidation of many of those offices under one umbrella. Energy Secretary Rick Perry in a staff town hall meeting this morning called the changes "initial steps" in his broader plan to transform the agency into a more "efficient, forward-looking adaptive enterprise."

Trump administration considers changes to black lung protection rule

The Trump administration is examining a rule created to protect coal miners from black lung to determine whether it is achieving its goal. According to a notice posted by the U.S. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, an arm of the Executive Office of the President, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration is requesting public comment on the "existing standards and regulations that could be improved or made more effective or less burdensome by accommodating advances in technology, innovative techniques, or less costly methods, including the requirements that could be streamlined or replaced in frequency" and a retrospective review of the final rule "Lowering Miners' Exposure to the Respirable Coal Mine Dust."