03/10/2010
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"This proposed rule was published in the Federal Register in July. It has clearly risen to a level of controversy."
"The coal industry estimates that between 40,000 and 78,000 direct jobs could be lost."
"The Interior Department concedes that the rule would cost industry $52 million in annual compliance costs."
"I am certainly not going to forget the heartless decision that Interior made to deny King Cove an 11-mile, life-saving road."