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On the recordOctober 26, 2015
Wouldn't you agree that the Office of Surface Mining's annual cost estimate of $29,000 for the entire Rocky Mountain region is, on its face, ridiculous?
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

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Barrasso criticizes the Office of Surface Mining's cost estimates as absurd.

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