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2008 OSM Excellence in Surface Mining Reclamation Awards

Good Neighbor Award

For successfully working with the surrounding land owners and community while completing mining and reclamation.

Bronze Award
Thunder Basin Coal Company, LLC - Arch Coal, Inc.
Black Thunder and North Rochelle Mine
Wright, Wyo.

Silver Award
Rio Tinto Energy America
Antelope Mine, Cordero Rojo Mine, Jacobs Ranch Mine
Wright, Wyo.

Gold Award
Coal-Mac, Inc. Complex - Arch Coal, Inc.
Mingo and Logan Counties, W.Va.

Directors Award

For outstanding achievement in the creation of wetlands on a reclaimed coal mine land.

Luminant Mining Company, LLC (formerly TXU)
Dallas, Texas; Big Brown Mine; Martin Lake Mine; Monticello Mine;
Oak Hill Mine and Thermo Mine
Dallas, Texas

National Award

"For achieving the most exemplary mining and reclamation in the country and on-the-ground achievement of the Surface Mining Law."

ICG Eastern, LLC Birch River Complex
Webster Country, W.Va.

Rio Tinto Energy America
Jacobs Ranch Mine
Wright, Wyo.

Black Beauty Coal Company - Peabody Energy Corporation -
Miller Creek Mine – Sugar Ridge Pit
Clay County, Ind.

Road Fork Development
Superior Surface Mines
Logan County, W.Va.