Authority Board Meeting 19/01/10

Media Release - CA/MR 2010/02 - 15th January 2010

The Coal Authority Board to conduct its business in public, with the next meeting arranged for 19th January 2010

The Board of the Coal Authority has agreed to conduct its business in public, as part of its ongoing commitment to giving stakeholders greater access to information on the activities undertaken by the Authority.

The next public meeting of the Board will take place at the Headquarters of the Authority at 200 Lichfield Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 4RG, commencing at 10.00 am on Tuesday 19th January.

• The Agenda will be available on the Authority website as from 15th January.

Exceptional items of a commercially confidential nature will continue to be dealt with by the Board in closed session.

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Note for Editors

The Coal Authority is located at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, was established under the Coal Industry Act 1994 and is sponsored by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. We work to protect the public and the environment in coal mining areas and manage the effects of past coal mining by: working to protect old coal mines from affecting people and property, and dealing with any emergencies; helping to clean up water from coal mines; and providing information about coal mining. We also licence companies to mine coal in Britain.

Media Contact:

• John Delaney
  Corporate Affairs Manager
  Tel: 01623 637 000
  Fax: 01623 427 316
  Email: johndelaney@coal.gov.uk