Utah Chapter of the Sierra Club v. Board of Oil, Gas, & Mining

Justice PARRISH,

opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

11 Petitioners appeal a decision of the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining (Board). The Board affirmed the approval of Alton Coal Development's (ACD) mining permit, which allowed ACD to conduct surface coal mining operations at the Coal Hollow Mine. Petitioners argue that the Board erred in affirming ACD's mining permit because the permit application was deficient in several respects. We disagree and affirm the Board's decision.

BACKGROUND

12 This appeal concerns ACD's permit application seeking to conduct surface and coal mining operations at the…