Environment Lawmaker’s Links to India Coal Deal Raises Concern WEKU Published August 16, 2012 at 2:06 PM EDT Facebook LinkedIn Email The involvement of a state representative in a major coal deal in Kentucky is raising some eyebrows. Under the terms of a new $7 billion contract, Kentucky coal producers will ship nine million tons of coal a year to India for the next twenty-five years. Representative Keith Hall was instrumental in brokering the deal, and Hall represents both the people of Kentucky, and his own private coal interests.