Western Coal Planning Assistance Project. Mitigating the impacts of coal/energy development in the western states. Final report. [Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming]
The Western Coal Planning Assistance Project, a three-year research and training project, was undertaken to help local and state planners in the Western States understand and manage the impacts of coal development. Initiated in the fall of 1977, the project was funded by the Resource and Land Investigations (RALI) Program, US Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, and conducted by the Missouri River Basin Commission (MRBC). The purpose of the project was to gather existing information on coal development, organize it in a usable format for state and local planners, and disseminate the results through training workshops. Directed by MRBC staff in Billings, phase I of the project identified the problems and information needs of planners in the region and produced the four-volume Western Coal Planning Reference System. Phase II of the project tackled the problem of getting the Planning Reference System into the hands of potential users. Its focus was a series of training workshops on Mitigating the Impacts of Coal/Energy Development in the Western States. Though aimed primarily at the coal-rich states of Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota, the reference system and the training sessions reached potential users in all of the Missouri River Basin States and in some coal regions in other parts of the country. This final report contains four sections. Chapter one highlights major conclusions and recommendations from the project. Chapter two emphasizes the development of the Planning Reference System. Chapter three focuses on the training activities that were used to put the Planning Reference System into circulation. Chapter four covers the evaluation of the project by users of the reference system and by workshop participants.
- Research Organization:
- Missouri River Basin Commission, Omaha, NE (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5271379
- Report Number(s):
- NP-2902299; ON: DE82902299
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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