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S. Rept. 119-103 1 (2026-02-11)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaict0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 Calendar No. 332 119TH CONGRESS N E REPORT 2d Session J SENATE 119-103 BULL MOUNTAINS MINING PLAN MODIFICATION FEBRUARY 11, 2026.-Ordered to be printed Mr. LEE, from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 362] The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was referred the bill (S. 362) to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modifica- tion, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass. AMENDMENT 1. On page 2, line 8, insert until the date that is 1 year from the date of enactment of this Act before the period at the end. PURPOSE The purpose of S. 362 is to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modifica- tion. BACKGROUND AND NEED Signal Peak Energy is currently operating the Bull Mountains Mine No. 1, an underground coal mine near Roundtop, Montana. The Mine is comprised of a checkerboard of State, Federal, and pri- vate coal. The Department of the Interior first approved the Bull Mountains Mining Plan, which initially authorized mining of 140 acres of leased federal coal lands, in August 2013. In November 2013, Signal Peak proposed a modification to its mining plan that would permit it to mine the remaining federal coal on its lease. The Department of the Interior first approved the modification ten years ago, in 2015. The approval was challenged in the federal dis- 69-010