Coal Mine Battles Feds for Forest Road Access Rights
Published Date: 3/20/2025
Notice
Summary
The Office of Surface Mining wants your thoughts on whether a coal company can keep using a Forest Service road in Monongahela National Forest to access their mine on private land. This affects local communities and the environment, and your comments can help decide if the road use stays or changes. Act soon—your input matters before any final decision is made!
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Coal Company Seeks Forest Road Access
If you live near Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia, a coal company has asked permission to keep using a U.S. Forest Service road across Federal land to reach a mine on private property. The Office of Surface Mining is asking for public comments to help decide whether that road use will continue or change, and this decision could affect local communities and the environment.
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