Federal water protection rule angers coal mining operator

The operator of Alaska’s only coal mine is speaking out against a new Obama administration water protection rule for the industry.
Healy-based Usibelli coal mine saw the Stream Protection Rule as an attack on the industry.
http://media.aprn.org/2016/ann-20161221-07.mp3The Stream Protection Rule issued by the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement updates more than 30-year-old regulations for mining near water, but Usibelli Coal Mine spokeswoman Lorali Simon maint