UK Energy and Climate Change Minister David Kidney has confirmed that Dr Helen Mounsey has been reappointed Chair of the UK’s Coal Authority.
Speaking about the appointment, David Kidney said "Dr Mounsey has been extremely successful as Chair of the Coal Authority for the last three years. I am very pleased to re-appoint Dr Mounsey for a further term during which I am sure the Authority will continue to thrive and evolve.”
The Coal Authority was established by Parliament in 1994 with specific statutory responsibilities associated with:
licensing coal mining operations in Britain;
handling coal mining subsidence damage claims;
property and historic liability issues, such as treatment of minewater discharges;
providing public access to information on past and present coal mining operations;
the provision of emergency call-out service for reported surface hazards.
