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MRAB

July 9, 2015

Technical Guidance Non Regulatory Agenda plus New TGD Guidance Documents in process • Pre-applications • Engineering Manual • Blaster’s License Suspension • • Coal Ash GP Materials • Civil Penalties • GFCCs

NPDES Permitting Update • • • As of June 30, 582 Draft Permits have been sent to EPA EPA has commented or objected on 340 Issues – Checklist – Remining/TMDLs – Sediment Pond Sampling on TMDLs – Detection Limits – June 11 Letter

NPDES Permitting Statistics Comments No Comments (99 No Comment Letters)

Issued

310 202

Could be Issued Pending

13 31 17 9 (Awaiting 30 Days)

Historical Application Progress (Coal) • As of June 30 – 1455 of 1629 have been disposed – 174 (10.7%) remaining for action • 100 Renewals • 6 Annual Bond Reviews 68 Pottsville/105 California 1 Cambria/0 Greensburg/0 Moshannon/0 Knox

Trust Agreement/bond Status Total Agreements (165) Bonds

Jan 2007 Jan 2011 Mar 2014

56 31 107 64 133 76 Fully Funded Trusts Partially Funded Trusts 14 11 30 10 + 3 ABS 39 15 + 3 ABS

June 2015

134 77 39 15 + 3 ABS

Financial Summary Bonds Fully Funded Trusts

Jan 2007 Jan 2011 Mar 2015 Jun 2015

$84.1 M $192.0 M $225.0 M $ 230 M $38.6 M $52.5 M (69.1 M) $73 M ($77 M) $ 73 M ($ 77.5 M) Partially Funded Trusts $39 M $18.5 M (52.8 M) $60.6 M ($127 M) $60.9 M ($142 M)

Land Reclamation Financial Guarantees LRFG Operators LRFG Permits Total Underwritten

Count (last report)

85 (79) 130 (118) Last Quarter

Average Amount

$248,307 ($2.83 M Max) $162,355 ($2.1 M Max) Jun 2015 $19.2 M $ 21.1 M

Rec Fee Account Revenue-2nd Qtr 2015

Month

April May June FYTD Total

Coal Civil Penalties

$9,335.00

$41,388.67

$18,641.66

$174,455.00 ($165,732.25)

Interest

$524.08

$523.53

$1,180.83

$6,352.13

Reclamation Fee Account Other Possible Revenue FY 14-15 LRFG Interest $23,970.20

($51,028.85 from inception) FY 14-15 LRFG Premiums $295,970.20

Reclamation Fee Account Status Recent Balance (Jun 30) 14-15 FY Expenditures $3,247,670.65

$369,197.98

Proj. Expenditures (FY 15-16) $941,785.00

Reclamation Fee Account Activity Revenue Interest CPs (13-14) $6,352.13

$298,650.22

Expense Detail FY 14-15 Personnel $16,549.49

Lab Contracts Grants $5,279.00

$153,940.47

$193,429.02

Regulatory Update • Regulatory Agenda – Acts 95 and 157-April EQB – Remining (Sub F and Sub G)-May EQB – OSM Program Consistency-Committee – Water Supply Replacement (87 and 88) – Chapter 210/211 – Coal Fees

Coal Fees The three-year report was presented to the EQB Money is deposited into three coal mining funds SMCRA Coal Refuse BMCSLA NPDES Fees go into the Clean Water Fund

Coal Fees Revenue FY 12-13 FY 13-14 FY 14-15 (through June) $54,417.00 $166,110.00

$100,962.43

CWF Mining Fee Revenue FY 12-13 FY 13-14 FY 14-15 (through June) $247,800.00 $523,296.00

$474,729.00

Bureau of Mining Programs 717-787-5103