Monday, August 7, 2017

Interior scraps Obama-era rule on coal royalties

August 07, 2017 at 02:54PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department has scrapped an Obama-era rule aimed at ensuring that coal companies don't shortchange taxpayers on huge volumes of coal extracted from public lands, primarily in the West.

The Trump administration put the rule on hold in February after mining companies challenged it in federal court.

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