Responsibility

Innovation in business, in mining and in corporate responsibility is part of the culture at National Coal. As a natural resource company, National Coal takes its responsibility to the land seriously.

Before mining, environmental engineers and reclamation specialists evaluate a proposed area carefully, considering location, reclamation challenges and the impact on wildlife and neighbors, among many other factors. Innovative planting and stabilizing the land surface at its approximate original contour also allows the Company to keep communities safe.

Reclamation is carefully planned, and is part of the entire mining process from beginning to end. With new technology and improving scientific methods, reclamation has become more effective and produces a more environmentally sensitive result.

National Coal follows mining regulations set forth by the state and federal government and does it in a way that is as environmentally friendly as possible.

At National Coal reclamation is carefully planned and included as a part of the entire mining process from beginning to end. Environmental experts, residents, state and federal officials and other interested parties all work together to determine the most desirable use of the land. Therefore, reclamation varies from area to area and site to site. With new technology and improving scientific methods, reclamation has become more effective and produces a more environmentally sensitive result.

National Coal is funding research to find plants and shrubs that are adapted to the areas being mined, so that the area is returned to its former state, quickly and successfully. Graduate students from University of Tennessee at Knoxville are testing plants and trees that are common to the mountains in our area and trying to identify methodology for reforestation of surface mine sites. They also help determine repeatable standards that National Coal and other area coal producers can use to reclaim the land with geographically-appropriate ground cover.

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