US Representatives Ms Cynthia Lummis, Mr Wyoming and Mr Denny Rehbrg, Montana both big supporters of Powder River Basin coal production, earned the backing of bipartisan members of Congress in a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of the Interior, urging them to reject calls of an unprecedented expansion of environmental reviews for coal exports.

Lummis said that the EPA's request, which appears to be an attempt to block coal exports is the latest salvo in the Administration's war on coal.

The letter, dated June 21st 2012 was authored by Lummis and Rehberg and signed by 56 bipartisan members of the House of Representatives including 4 Committee Chairmen.

Source - Sheridanmedia.com

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