PDFWAC 332-14-030
Lands available for exploration and leasing—Authority to withhold.
State lands subject to the management of the department shall be available for coal exploration in accordance with these regulations. The department is not required to offer any tract of land for coal exploration or coal mining unless it determines that the interests of the state would be served.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 79.01.668. WSR 85-10-040 (Order 443), § 332-14-030, filed 4/29/85.]