Posted on 03/21/2012 6:38:49 PM PDT by SaveOurRepublicFromTyranny
OSM tried to change the baseline assumptions that went into the job losses, Sosa said. They talked about averaging out the coal production over a number of years, analyzing coal production (in 2008) as if regulation was already in place. All so the numbers would seem lower.
Another source familiar with the congressional investigation into the controversy said OSM was trying to downplay job losses in order to get the rule through.
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