(a) The Commission has developed a data base and inventory system which will permit evaluation of whether reclamation is feasible in areas covered by petitions. (b) The Commission shall include in the system information relevant to the criteria in §12.75 of this title (relating to Criteria for Designating Lands as Unsuitable), including, but not limited to, information received from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the State Historic Preservation Officer, and the agency administering §127 of the Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7470 et seq.). (c) The Commission shall add to the data base and inventory system information: (1) on potential coal resources of the state, demand for those resources, the environment, the economy and the supply of coal, sufficient to enable the Commission to prepare the statements required by §12.81(e) of this title (relating to Procedures: Hearing
Requirements); and (2) that becomes available from petitions, publications, experiments, permit applications, mining and reclamation operations, and other sources.
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