MEDIA RELEASE

CA/MR 2008/05 - 19 June 2008

AUTHORITY PUBLIC BOARD MEETING

The Coal Authority Board to conduct its business in public,

with the fifty-third meeting arranged for 25 June 2008

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 fifty-third 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 Wednesday 25 June. .

The ##Enter link to Agenda and relevant papers## will be available on the Authority website (www.coal.gov.uk) as from 10.00 am on Wednesday 25 June

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, located at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, was established under the Coal Industry Act 1994, with responsibility for four principal functions: Licensing coal-mining operations; subsidence damage claims which are not the responsibility of the privatised successor companies or other licensed operators; dealing with property and historic liabilities such as old shafts and minewater pumping; and providing public access to information on coal-mining operations past and present.

MEDIA CONTACT:

John Delaney

Corporate Affairs Manager

Tel: 01623 637 000

Fax: 01623 427 316

Email: johndelaney@coal.gov.uk