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Daines proposes coal land swap, reinstatement of Signal Peak’s mine expansion plan

Peyton Olson| June 3, 2024| News

By Blair Miller, Daily Montanan

The Signal Peak coal mine in Montana.

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines introduced a series of bills during the past two weeks that seek to force the restart of coal mining on federal land in the Bull Mountains and could put coal money back into the hands of the Crow Tribe as part of a revenue sharing agreement that would involve a land swap.

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