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<br />- Mastikl Coal Corporatiory Martin County Mute, Inez, Kenturr},kcyy, submitted by the
<br />Kentucky Department for Surface Mating Rsclamation and Ert~orcement, for reclalatittg
<br />e mountaintop nilrtin8 alts and developing, In cooperation with Morehead State
<br />Universit}/s Department of Agticulturs attd Natural Resotu'cea and the Pocahontas
<br />Developmattt Corporadon, a long-tetvt agrlctiltttral enterprise on the land.
<br />- Saamar Coa>, Inc., an operating subsidiary of Ashland Coal, Inc., and 9antrat's
<br />contract o~erator, the Rifle Coal Company, Mealiy, Kentucky, submitted by the
<br />Kentucky eparttnertt for 9uzface MiNng Reclamation and orcement, commended
<br />fvr demonstrating special lnnovatiott ttnd creativity itt handling overburden and
<br />developing an effective dra4utgs system for the erte in the mountainous terrain of
<br />eastern Kentucky.
<br />- Western Hnsrgy Company, Rosebud Mine, CoLtrtp, Montana, submitted by the
<br />Montana Department vF Stato Lends Reclamation Division, for Its successful native
<br />rangeland reclamation program in tiro Powder River Basin area of southeastern
<br />Montana.
<br />- RdcF Coal Company, Cheslock-Hendershot Mine, St. Ciairevllle, Ohio, submitted by the
<br />Oldo Depattrrtent of Natural Resources Division of Reclamation, for reclaiming
<br />abandoned mire land adjacent to a residential area, twzilrtg it into sports fields for St
<br />Clairsvllle Junior 6ports, reclaiming prime farmland, and creating permanent ponds
<br />that arv integral parts of the poet-ntLtlrtg land use.
<br />- The Carter Muting Company, Rawhide and Caba]lo Mines, Gillette, Wyoming,
<br />submiued by rho Wyoming Department of Environmental Qtrallty, Land Quality
<br />Division, for developing an $1rWVatlve overburctrrt management program at the two
<br />tninoa that prevents envlrottmental dauwge, ensures optimum hydrologic conditions for
<br />the rnclaLned land, and creates a zone of high-quelity Boll for new plant growth
<br />- Hrldger Coal Company, Jim Hrldger Mine, Rock Springs, W oming, aubutitted by the
<br />Wyoming Dppertment of Fnvlranmental Qualty, [.and Quality Division, for Its
<br />outstanding native tevegetaHon program at the mine in arld southwest Wyoming.
<br />"The wlruters of the national rampeHden have properly sat the highest of standards
<br />for the American coal industry's e(forte to eafeguat~d the ertvirorttrtent end reclaim the
<br />land aRer mining,' Lujan said, "These congervatlon-minded coal ntirte operators have
<br />shown first they do, indeed, take pride 4t America."
<br />Lujan will present the national awards dils evening at the annual convention of the
<br />National Coal Assocladon at The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, Weet Virginia.
<br />The winners woes selected by a panel of judges fmm USM, the Bureau of Mines, and
<br />the U,S. CeoloQlcal Stuvey,
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