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SW: →Federal Court Rejects Challenge to 400-Million Ton Coal Lease in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin: udpate
The case was the first in a series of lawsuits brought by the conservation groups over BLM’s coal leasing program in the Powder River Basin. The groups were disappointed with the decision but vowed to continue legal and other efforts to challenge BLM’s coal leases.<ref>[http://ecowatch.org/2012/court-rejects-coal/ "Federal Court Rejects Challenge to 400 Million Ton Coal Lease on Public Lands"] EcoWatch, August 1, 2012.</ref>
===Arch Coal submits application for strip mining permit at Otter Creek===
On August 14, 2012 it was reported that [[Arch Coal]], which owns the rights to mine approximately 1.5-billion tons of coal in southeastern Montana's section of the Powder River Basin, had submitted an application to mine the proposed Otter Creek Coal Mine.
==Coal mining to expand on public lands==
