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This bill would require the federal government to let certain coal on federal land in Montana be mined under a previously approved mining plan change. It tells the Secretary of the Interior to approve that mining plan quickly, without changes or delays, so mining can move forward on about 800 acres in Musselshell County.
- It applies to federal coal leased under a specific lease in Montana.
- The land involved is about 800 acres in Musselshell County, Montana.
- The Secretary of the Interior would have to approve the mining plan change within 30 days of the bill becoming law.
- The approval would have to follow the existing mining plan modification already described in the bill.
Official Summaries
This bill authorizes coal to be mined on approximately 800 acres of federal land in Musselshell County, Montana. Specifically, it allows all federal coal reserves in such federal land and leased under Federal Coal Lease MTM 97988 to be mined in accordance with the 2020 Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification. The Bull Mountains Mine is operated by Signal Peak Energy.
This bill directs the Department of the Interior, without modification or delay, to approve the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification to the extent necessary to mine such land.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 931 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 931
To allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull
Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 4, 2025
Mr. Downing (for himself and Mr. Zinke) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
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A BILL
To allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull
Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION TO MINE FEDERAL MINERALS.
(a) Definition of Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification.--In this
Act, the term ``Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification'' means
Amendment 3, Bull Mountains Mine No. 1, Mining Plan Modification for
Federal Coal Lease MTM 97988, that was approved by Department of the
Interior Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals
Management in a concurrence memorandum, dated November 18, 2020.
(b) Mining of Federal Minerals.--
(1) In general.--All Federal coal reserves leased under
Federal Coal Lease MTM 97988 located in the Federal land
described in subsection (c) are authorized to be mined in
accordance with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification.
(2) Requirement.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall,
without modification or delay, approve the Bull Mountains
Mining Plan Modification to the extent necessary to mine the
Federal land described in subsection (c).
(c) Description of Federal Land.--The Federal land referred to in
subsection (b) is the following land, comprising 800 acres, more or
less, located in T. 6 N., R. 27 E., Montana Principal Meridian,
Musselshell County, Montana:
(1) The NE\ 1/4\ of section 8.
(2) The SW \1/4\ of section 10.
(3) The W \1/2\, SE \1/4\ of section 22.
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