Plan For New Indiana County Coal Mine Draws Attention

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Scott Detrow is a congressional correspondent for NPR. He also co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

Detrow joined NPR in 2015 to cover the presidential election. He focused on the Republican side of the 2016 race, spending time on the campaign trail with Donald Trump, and also reported on the election's technology and data angles.

Detrow worked as a statehouse reporter for member stations WITF in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and KQED in San Francisco, California. He has also covered energy policy for NPR's StateImpact project, where his reports on Pennsylvania's hydraulic fracturing boom won a DuPont-Columbia and national Edward R. Murrow Award in 2013.

September 25, 2012 | 10:48 AM

A proposed coal mine underneath Indiana County is drawing attention – the Associated Press reports about 150 people showed up at a public hearing to learn more about the project.

Derry Township-based AMFIRE said the mine would cover about 4,300 acres underground with 62 acres of surface area and provide many local jobs.
The company could request an extension of the mining-permit area in the future, said Rod Lawrence, senior mine engineer and project manager.
The Department of Environmental Protection, which is reviewing the company’s application, said that if a permit is issued, mining would begin in 2014 and continue for about 20 years.