Utah court hears coal mine case; Opponents want to stop expansion near Bryce Canyon National Park

摘要

ALTON COAL Development received tentative approval last fall from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to mine the larger range lands near Bryce CanyonNational Park in Utah. However, environmental groups told the Utah Supreme Court that state regulators erred in approving the expansion of the mine.Lawyers for the coal company and the Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining argued that they satisfied every requirement of law, the Associated Press reported.