Originally published in The Seattle Times, December 29, 1982
By Herb Belanger
Times East bureau
A scene like this—hopper cars loaded with coal from the Black Diamond area—could become a regular sight if a rezone of more than 400 acres of land for open-pit mining east of Black Diamond is approved. This train-load of coal was destined for the University of Washington heating plant in 1969. (1969 Seattle Times file photo)
The deadline for written comments on a draft environmental-impact statement for starting an open-pit mine near Black Diamond has been extended to Jan. 4.
J. David Feltman, environmental analyst for the King County Building and Land Development Division, said the extension from the earlier Dec. 24 deadline was made at the request of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 10 office in Seattle, to develop new data about the project.
The comments and responses will be published in the final environmental-impact statement, in January or early February. (more…)
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