Public Scoping Meeting for the Bureau of Land Management's Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to Review the Federal Coal Program The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced its intent to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to examine alternative approaches for reforming the federal coal program. The BLM is seeking public input on the issues and policies that should be outlined in the Programmatic EIS, including topics such as whether Americans are receiving a fair return for federal coal, how market conditions affect coal, how federal coal affects the environment, and how these and other factors impact coal-dependent communities. Public feedback will help inform the size and scope of the review conducted in the Programmatic EIS. The BLM is hosting six public scoping meetings throughout the country to solicit public input. The meetings will begin with a presentation on the Programmatic EIS process, including an overview of the federal coal program, with the rest of the meeting open for public comment. Information for the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania meeting is as follows: Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 Location: Pittsburgh Convention Center, 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15222; the BLM will also stream the meeting live at www.blm.gov/live. Time: The meeting will be held from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. local time. The sign-in process will begin at 11:00 a.m. Public Comment: The BLM will accommodate those attending the meeting in person who wish to provide public comment on a first-come, first-served basis to the fullest extent possible given the space and time available. The maximum speaking time per speaker will be 3 minutes. Written comments may be submitted until July 28, 2016, using one of the following methods: Email: BLM_WO_Coal_Program_ PEIS_Comments@blm.gov Mail: Coal Programmatic EIS Scoping, Bureau of Land Management, 20 M St. SE, Room 2134 LM, Washington, D.C. 20003 Additional information on the BLM's Federal Coal Program Programmatic EIS can be found at: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/energy/coal_and_non-energy/details_on_coal_peis.html.
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