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Friday, November 06, 2009

Coal Company Gets Award for Reclamation


Associated Press
      FARMINGTON — The San Juan Coal Company has received a national award from the federal government for a reclamation project at its La Plata Mine in northwestern New Mexico.
    The company received the award for exemplary coal mine reclamation because it used the best technology currently available to control erosion and sedimentation and to improve wildlife habitat and other environmental resources.
    The state Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department nominated the reclamation work at La Plata Mine. The nomination was one of four mines nationwide to receive the honor.
    Since 1986, the Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining has presented awards to coal mine operators who have completed exemplary reclamation. A similar program for abandoned mine land reclamation began in 1992.
   

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