The Pennsylvania mine safety research offices are targeted for closure as president touts coal.
The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration is among the federal agencies selected for spending cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration office in Hempfield that oversees nine states could be in danger if the plans come to fruition.
DOGE said its move to end the leases at four offices in Pennsylvania will save the government $2.59 million out of a federal budget that projects $7 trillion in expenditures in this fiscal year ending Sept. 30.
The Hempfield location and three other offices are slated to close.