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      <font face="Times New Roman" size="5"><span class="print-link"><span class="print_html"><a href="http://ncronline.org/print/news/judge-oks-slashing-union-coal-miners-health-benefits-part-bankruptcy-solution" title="Display a printer-friendly version of this page." class="print-page" rel="nofollow" /></span><a href="http://ncronline.org/print/news/judge-oks-slashing-union-coal-miners-health-benefits-part-bankruptcy-solution" title="Display a printer-friendly version of this page." class="print-page" rel="nofollow"><span class="print_pdf"><br /></span></a></span></font><a href="http://ncronline.org/print/news/judge-oks-slashing-union-coal-miners-health-benefits-part-bankruptcy-solution" title="Display a printer-friendly version of this page." class="print-page" rel="nofollow">  </a></nav><a href="http://ncronline.org/print/news/judge-oks-slashing-union-coal-miners-health-benefits-part-bankruptcy-solution" title="Display a printer-friendly version of this page." class="print-page" rel="nofollow">

</a></div><a href="http://ncronline.org/print/news/judge-oks-slashing-union-coal-miners-health-benefits-part-bankruptcy-solution" title="Display a printer-friendly version of this page." class="print-page" rel="nofollow">

    </font></a><p><a href="http://ncronline.org/print/news/judge-oks-slashing-union-coal-miners-health-benefits-part-bankruptcy-solution" title="Display a printer-friendly version of this page." class="print-page" rel="nofollow"><font face="Times New Roman" size="5">A St. Louis judge has ruled that Patriot Coal Corp. can rework

its union contract as well as slash health benefits to retired union

workers as part of its path out of bankruptcy.</a>

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Chief Judge Kathy A. Surratt-States of

Missouri's Eastern District ruled Wednesday afternoon that Patriot can

reject its past collective bargaining agreements, which includes "cradle

to grave" benefits for nearly 23,000 miners and their dependents.

<a href="http://ncronline.org/print/news/judge-oks-slashing-union-coal-miners-health-benefits-part-bankruptcy-solution" title="Display a printer-friendly version of this page." class="print-page" rel="nofollow">[See "</a><a href="http://ncronline.org/news/peace-justice/wva-prayer-rally-calls-justice-coal-miners-health-care-limbo" target="_blank">W.Va. prayer rally calls for justice for coal miners in health care limbo</a>" for NCR's previous coverage of the Patriot Coal bankruptcy case.]

The decision comes as a blow to members of the United Mine Workers of

America, who alleged Patriot's formation was an attempt to escape full

payment of the benefits -- $1.6 billion in long-term health and

retirement obligations -- by the two companies previously responsible

for coverage, Peabody Energy and Arch Coal.

In a press release, UMWA president Cecil Roberts said the decision is

"wrong, unfair and fails to fully recognize the coming wave of human

suffering that will be experienced by thousands of people throughout the

coalfields."...==
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<h3>Liberty Strategies, LLC - IN for Patriot Coal Corporation</h3>

Date received: Oct. 12, 2009

Issues:

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<a href="http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/lobbying/issue/energynuclear">Energy/Nuclear</a>;

<a href="http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/lobbying/issue/labor-issuesantitrustworkplace">Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace</a>;

<a href="http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/lobbying/issue/retirement">Retirement</a>

Specific issue: Health Care Reform

Pension Reform

Coal

Regulatory and Permitting Issues

Lobbyists:

<a href="http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/lobbying/lobbyist/hallaway-rashid">Hallaway, Rashid</a>

(covered positions:

Legislative Assistant, Senator Evan Bayh

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LOOT/dump pensions <h1 class="wsj-article-headline" itemprop="headline">Bankruptcy Judge Allows Patriot Coal to Scrap Union Contracts</h1>

    <font face="Times New Roman" size="5"><span>By</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="5"><span class="name" itemprop="name"> Kris Maher</span> and 
              
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Updated May 29, 2013 6:25 p.m. ET

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Patriot Coal Corp. won approval from a bankruptcy-court judge

Wednesday to slash the pay and benefits of thousands of miners, retirees

and dependents.
<a href="http://ecowatch.com/2016/03/31/big-coal-bailout-2016/">http://ecowatch.com/2016/03/31/big-coal-bailout-2016/</a>

Patriot Coal Corporation is a coal-mining company based in St. Louis, Missouri. The company is a 2007 spin-off of most of the Eastern U.S.A. operations of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Peabody_Energy" title="Peabody Energy">Peabody Energy</a>.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a> Patriot has 14 mining complexes in <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Appalachia" title="Appalachia">Appalachia</a> and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Illinois_and_coal" title="Illinois and coal">Illinois Basin</a>. The company has 13 active mining complexes in Appalachia and the Illinois Basin, ships to domestic and international electric utilities, and controls approximately 1.9 billion tons of proven and probable coal reserves.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a>

At the end of first quarter 2011, Patriot Coal said the Company expects to export 25 percent of its total 2011 shipments to meet growing international coal demand in China and India.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-2" title="">[3]</a>

<h2>Contents</h2>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#History">1 History</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#Production">2 Production</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#Revenues">3 Revenues</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#2012:_Bankruptcy_protection_filing">3.1 2012: Bankruptcy protection filing</a></li>

</ul>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#Patriot_Coal_Mining_Operations">4 Patriot Coal Mining Operations</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#Mountaintop_removal">5 Mountaintop removal</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#New_coal_mines">6 New coal mines</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#Coal_exports">7 Coal exports</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#Lobbying">8 Lobbying</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#Political_Contributions">9 Political Contributions</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#Political_candidates">9.1 Political candidates</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#Regulatory_and_legal_issues">10 Regulatory and legal issues</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#Safety_violations">10.1 Safety violations</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#EPA.27s_Mountaintop_Removal_Permit">10.2 EPA's Mountaintop Removal Permit</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#West_Virginia_hearings_on_Patriot_Coal.27s_selenium_levels">10.3 West Virginia hearings on Patriot Coal's selenium levels</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#Citizen_Action">11 Citizen Action</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#July_2012:_20_arrested_after_shutting_down_coal_mine_in_West_Virginia">11.1 July 2012: 20 arrested after shutting down coal mine in West Virginia</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#Industry_affiliations">12 Industry affiliations</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#Personnel">13 Personnel</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#Contact_Information">14 Contact Information</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#Articles_and_Resources">15 Articles and Resources</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#References">15.1 References</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#Related_SourceWatch_Articles">15.2 Related SourceWatch Articles</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#External_Resources">15.3 External Resources</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#External_Articles">15.4 External Articles</a></li>

</ul>

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<h2>History</h2>

On July 23, 2008, Patriot acquired Magnum Coal Company for $709 million. At the time, Magnum was one of the largest coal producers in Appalachia, with 12 mines mines and 7 processing plants. Magnum had over 600 million tons of proven or probable coal reserves. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lehman_Brothers" title="Lehman Brothers">Lehman Brothers</a> acted as financial advisor to Patriot and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Citibank" title="Citibank" class="mw-redirect">Citibank</a> acted as financial advisor to Magnum for the transaction.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-3" title="">[4]</a>

<h2>Production</h2>

In 2010, Patriot sold 30.9 million tons of coal, of which 78% was sold to domestic electricity generators and industrial customers and 22% was sold to domestic and global steel and coke producers.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-4" title="">[5]</a>

<h2>Revenues</h2>

On February 2, 2012, Patriot announced it had a net loss of $38.3 million in the fourth quarter and $115.5 million for 2011, due to low demand. In response, the company said it was idling its <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Big_Mountain_16_Mine" title="Big Mountain 16 Mine">Big Mountain mining complex</a>, and reducing production at its Wells mining complex and Rocklick mining complex (which includes the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Harris_1_Mine" title="Harris 1 Mine">Harris 1 Mine</a> and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Black_Oak_Mine" title="Black Oak Mine">Black Oak Mine</a>), all of which are in southern West Virginia.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-5" title="">[6]</a>

<h3>2012: Bankruptcy protection filing</h3>

Citing lower thermal coal prices, rising costs for environmental liabilities, and canceled customer contracts from a milder winter and growing use of natural gas, Patriot Coal filed for bankruptcy in July 2012, saying coal demand was at a 24-year low. The company’s Chapter 11 petition listed $3.57 billion in assets and $3.07 billion in debts. The company arranged for $802 million of financing to continue mining and shipments during the reorganization.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-6" title="">[7]</a>

<h2>Patriot Coal Mining Operations</h2>

Patriot Coal has mining operations in West Virginia and Kentucky, in the Appalachia and Illinois Basin respectively. Patriot uses underground mining and surface mining, including <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mountaintop_removal" title="Mountaintop removal">mountaintop removal</a>.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-7" title="">[8]</a>

In 2010, 8.26 million of the 24.1 million tons of coal Patriot mined was from strip mining in <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Appalachia" title="Appalachia">Appalachia</a> and the eastern Interior (the southern border of Illinois, the western border of Indiana, and the western tip of Kentucky).<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-8" title="">[9]</a> In its 2010 annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Patriot stated that at the end of 2010 it controlled 1.2 billion tons of proven and probable coal reserves in Appalachia, "of which 457 million tons were assigned to current operations."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-AR2010P4-9" title="">[10]</a>

In the Illinois Basin, Patriot has three complexes located in Union and Henderson counties in western Kentucky which produced 6.6 million tons of coal in 2010.the year ended December 31, 2010. Patriot states that at the end of 2010 it controlled 668 million tons of proven and probable coal reserves in the Illinois Basin, "of which 178 million tons were assigned to current operations."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-AR2010P4-9" title="">[10]</a> Coal from Patriot's shipped primarily to electricity generators in the Midwestern United States and industrial customers for power generation. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-10" title="">[11]</a>

Appalachia/West Virginia Operations, as of the end of 2010, were:<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-AR2010P5-11" title="">[12]</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Big_Mountain_16_Mine" title="Big Mountain 16 Mine">Big Mountain 16 Mine</a> - part of the Big Mountain mining complex, which also includes two unnamed, contractor-operated underground mines located in southern West Virginia</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blue_Creek_No._1_Mine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blue Creek No. 1 Mine (page does not exist)">Blue Creek No. 1 Mine</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Campbells_Creek_7_Mine" title="Campbells Creek 7 Mine">Campbells Creek 7 Mine</a></li>

<li>the Corridor G mine complex which include the Job 21 Mine and the Hill Fork Mine</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Federal_No._2_Mine" title="Federal No. 2 Mine">Federal No. 2 Mine</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hobet_21_Surface_Mine" title="Hobet 21 Surface Mine" class="mw-redirect">Hobet 21 Surface Mine</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kanawha_Eagle_Mine" title="Kanawha Eagle Mine">Kanawha Eagle Mine</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Logan_County_Complex" title="Logan County Complex">Logan County Complex</a> is also referred to as the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Guyan_Mine" title="Guyan Mine">Guyan Mine</a></li>

<li>Paint Creek complex, which includes the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Samples_Mine" title="Samples Mine">Samples Mine</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Winchester_Mine" title="Winchester Mine">Winchester Mine</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Panther_Mine" title="Panther Mine">Panther Mine</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Surface_Mine" title="Patriot Surface Mine">Patriot Surface Mine</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rivers_Edge_Mine" title="Rivers Edge Mine">Rivers Edge Mine</a></li>

<li>the Rocklick mine complex, which includes the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Harris_1_Mine" title="Harris 1 Mine">Harris 1 Mine</a> and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Black_Oak_Mine" title="Black Oak Mine">Black Oak Mine</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Stockburg_2_Mine" title="Stockburg 2 Mine">Stockburg 2 Mine</a></li>

<li>Wells</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wildcat_Surface_Mine" title="Wildcat Surface Mine">Wildcat Surface Mine</a></li>

</ul>

Illinois Basin/Kentucky Operations:

<ul>

<li>Bluegrass mining complex</li>

<li>Dodge Hill mining complex</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Freedom_Mine_%28KY%29" title="Freedom Mine (KY)">Freedom Mine (KY)</a></li>

<li>Highland mining complex, including the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Highland_9_Mine" title="Highland 9 Mine">Highland 9 Mine</a></li>

</ul>

Mines formerly operated by Patriot include the:

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Eagle_Mine" title="American Eagle Mine">American Eagle Mine</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Callisto_Mine" title="Callisto Mine">Callisto Mine</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Deskins_Mine" title="Deskins Mine">Deskins Mine</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dodge_Hill_Mine" title="Dodge Hill Mine">Dodge Hill Mine</a></li>

</ul>

<h2>Mountaintop removal</h2>

Patriot was the second largest producer of coal from mountaintop removal, as of 2010. Patriot mined 7,058,522 tons of coal from mountaintop removal in 2010. About 55% of Patriot's Central Appalachian coal was dug up using mountaintop removal.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-12" title="">[13]</a>

<h2>New coal mines</h2>

The Gateway Eagle mine in the Rocklick complex and the Workman Branch mine in the Wells complex are both expected to be brought on-line in the second quarter 2011. The Peerless mine in the Kanawha Eagle complex is projected to be operational in early 2012.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-pc-13" title="">[14]</a>

<h2>Coal exports</h2>

At the end of first quarter 2011, Patriot Coal said that total coal exports from the U.S. are on track to reach 100 million tons in 2011, representing a doubling of exports since 2006 and a 25 percent increase over 2010. To meet growing coal demand, Patriot said it is embarking on a multi-year expansion of met coal, with new coal mines and a second continuous miner section beginning production at the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Black_Oak_Mine" title="Black Oak Mine">Black Oak Mine</a> in 2011.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-pc-13" title="">[14]</a>

<h2>Lobbying</h2>

In 2010, Patriot Coal spent $2.15 million on lobbying through the firm American Freedom Innovations, primarily on bills related to greenhouse gas regulations: the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Clean_Energy_and_Security_Act_of_2009" title="American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009" class="mw-redirect">American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009</a> and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Clean_Energy_Jobs_and_American_Power_Act" title="Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act">Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act</a>. Other bills included the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Coal_Accountability_and_Retired_Employee_Act&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act (page does not exist)">Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act</a> (CARE Act), sponsored by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nick_Rahall" title="Nick Rahall">Nick Rahall</a>, which would amend the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Surface_Mining_Control_and_Reclamation_Act" title="Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act">Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act</a> of 1977 to "provide for use of excess funds available under that Act to provide for other benefits,"<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-14" title="">[15]</a> specifically funding shortfalls in the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Fund.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-15" title="">[16]</a>

<h2>Political Contributions</h2>

<h3>Political candidates</h3>

In 2010, Patriot Coal made the highest contributions to the following politicians:<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-16" title="">[17]</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nick_Rahall" title="Nick Rahall">Nick Rahall</a> (D)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">Roy Blunt</a> (R)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Alan_Mollohan" title="Alan Mollohan">Alan Mollohan</a> (D)</li>

</ul>

Rahall is a staunch opponent of legislation designed to end <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mountaintop_removal_mining" title="Mountaintop removal mining" class="mw-redirect">mountaintop removal mining</a>, saying that a 2010 the bill that would prohibit companies from burying Appalachian streams under mining waste would have passed long ago except that his seniority on several key committees has allowed him to block it.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-17" title="">[18]</a> Rahall also voted against the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Clean_Energy_and_Security_Act" title="American Clean Energy and Security Act" class="mw-redirect">American Clean Energy and Security Act</a> and voted to block the Environmental Protection Agency from reducing <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Greenhouse_gases" title="Greenhouse gases" class="mw-redirect">greenhouse gases</a> linked to global warming.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-wapo1-18" title="">[19]</a>

Roy Blunt opposes federal cap and trade legislation and supports drilling for oil on the U.S. coastline. On 10 March 2010, Blunt was named by the League of Conservation Voters as one of the "Dirty Dozen" lawmakers who had "consistently sided with Big Oil and other dirty polluters over a cleaner, more sustainable future".<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-19" title="">[20]</a>

In 2010, the Patriot Coal <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Political_action_committee" title="Political action committee">political action committee</a> (PAC) received $135,873 and spent $94,152. Contributions from this PAC to federal candidates included 45% to Democrats and 55% to Republicans. They also donated to the following <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Political_action_committees" title="Political action committees" class="mw-redirect">political action committees</a>:<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-20" title="">[21]</a>

<ul>

<li>All America PAC (Affiliate: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Evan_Bayh" title="Evan Bayh">Evan Bayh</a> (D-Ind)) - $5,000</li>

<li>NRSC/NRCC Victory Cmte - $5,000</li>

<li>Help America's Leaders (Affiliate: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hal_Rogers" title="Hal Rogers" class="mw-redirect">Hal Rogers</a> (R-Ky)) - $2,000</li>

</ul>

<h2>Regulatory and legal issues</h2>

<h3>Safety violations</h3>

From 2000 to 2009, Patriot Coal had 2,779 "significant" violations from the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mine_Safety_and_Health_Administration" title="Mine Safety and Health Administration">Mine Safety and Health Administration</a>, one death on the job, and nearly $9 million in fines. The company had 3,212 workers by the end of 2010.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-21" title="">[22]</a>

In 2010, Patriot Coal had 207 health and safety violations for which the company was issued citations by the MSHA, and over $700,000 in fines.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-22" title="">[23]</a>

<h3>EPA's Mountaintop Removal Permit</h3>

On March 2, 2010 the EPA announced that it had granted a Clean Water Act permit for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hobet_45&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hobet 45 (page does not exist)">Hobet 45</a> mine in Lincoln County, West Virginia after Hobet Mining LLC, a company owned by Patriot Coal, had agreed to additional "significant protections" against environmental impacts. The permit now must be approved by the Army Corps of Engineers. Opponents of the permit, citing groundwater pollution from mountaintop removal projects, stated that, “Enforceable minimum waste management requirements for dry disposal of coal ash in landfills should include siting restrictions, liners, groundwater monitoring, leachate collection, and financial assurance, closure requirements, post-closure care, and corrective action.”<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-23" title="">[24]</a>

<h3>West Virginia hearings on Patriot Coal's selenium levels</h3>

On September 1, 2010, Patriot Coal was found in contempt of court by Judge Chambers and ordered to clean up selenium pollution at the two mines in West Virginia. Chambers ordered Patriot subsidiary Apogee Coal to install treatment systems and comply with discharge limits by March 1, 2013, and ordered Patriot subsidiary Hobet Mining to submit a selenium treatment plan by Oct. 1, 2010, and comply with pollution limits in its operating permit by May 1, 2013. The coal producer estimates the it will cost $50 million to comply with the judgment, plus $3 million in annual operating costs. Chambers also ordered Patriot to post a $45 million letter of credit to guarantee the treatment systems are installed.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-24" title="">[25]</a>

According to Patriot Coal's 2010 10Q report: "The lack of proven technology to meet selenium discharge standards creates uncertainty as to the future costs of water treatment to comply with mining permits."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-25" title="">[26]</a>

On January 18, 2012, Patriot Coal agreed to a settlement that will end litigation over selenium pollution from West Virginia mountaintop removal mines. The settlement covers 43 different water pollution outlets at Patriot’s <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hobet_21_Surface_Mine" title="Hobet 21 Surface Mine" class="mw-redirect">Hobet 21 Surface Mine</a> complex along the Boone-Lincoln border, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Samples_Mine" title="Samples Mine">Samples Mine</a> complex in the Cabin Creek area, and the Ruffner Mine in Logan County. Under the deal, Patriot would treat pollution from the 43 outlets, and its Jupiter Holdings LLC would surrender permits it got from the Army Corps of Engineers in 2007 to build four valley fills at its <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Callisto_Mine" title="Callisto Mine">Jupiter Callisto surface mine</a> in Boone County. The deal also requires Patriot to pay $7.5 million in civil penalties, to be allocated between the federal government and the West Virginia Land Trust for land preservation projects within the Kanawha River and Guyandotte River watersheds.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-26" title="">[27]</a>

<h2>Citizen Action</h2>

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In May 2009, six activists were arrested after they chained themselves to a dump truck at a Patriot Coal-owned mine on West Virginia's Kayford Mountain to protest <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mountaintop_removal" title="Mountaintop removal">mountaintop removal</a>.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-27" title="">[28]</a>

In October 2010, more than 50 people from the groups <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mountain_Justice" title="Mountain Justice">Mountain Justice</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Climate_Ground_Zero" title="Climate Ground Zero">Climate Ground Zero</a> went to Patriot's mine on Kayford Mountain for a non-violent protest, including politicians and long-time mountaintop-removal opponent Ken Hechler and U.S. Senate Mountain Party candidate Jessie Johnson. They planted trees in protest of mountaintop removal coal mining.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-28" title="">[29]</a>

In June 2010, concerned citizens rallied in downtown Lexington Kentucky to express their anger at <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=PNC_Bank" title="PNC Bank" class="mw-redirect">PNC Bank</a> for financing mountaintop removal coal mining. Local activists were joined by members of the group Mountain Justice and residents from mountaintop communities, who spoke out about the direct impacts on their community, health and environment. Since January 2008, PNC has become the number one U.S. financier of mountaintop removal coal mining, providing more than $500 million in loans and bonds to six companies practicing mountaintop removal: Massey Energy, Patriot Coal, Alpha Natural Resources, International Coal Group, Arch Coal and Consol Energy. The six companies are collectively responsible for almost half of all mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-29" title="">[30]</a> in November 2010 PNC announced that it would no longer fund projects associated with mountaintop removal coal mining. PNC’s decision left <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=UBS&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="UBS (page does not exist)">UBS</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=GE_Capital&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GE Capital (page does not exist)">GE Capital</a> as the only major banks that support mountaintop removal.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-30" title="">[31]</a>

<h3>July 2012: 20 arrested after shutting down coal mine in West Virginia</h3>

It was reported on July 28, 2012 that 20 protesters associated with the Radical Action for Mountain People's Survival (RAMPS) Campaign, managed to shut down Patriot Coal's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hobet_Mine" title="Hobet Mine" class="mw-redirect">Hobet Mine</a> in the US state of West Virginia for approximately three hours on Saturday, July 28, 2012. Most of the activists were charged with trespassing. Bail was set at $25,000 each.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-31" title="">[32]</a>

The RAMPS Campaign is calling for an end to strip mining in the Appalachian region because of its health and environmental consequences.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-32" title="">[33]</a>

<h2>Industry affiliations</h2>

Patriot Coal is a member of the:

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=National_Mining_Association" title="National Mining Association">National Mining Association</a>.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-33" title="">[34]</a></li>

</ul>

<h2>Personnel</h2>

Key members of the Patriot Coal's Management Team, as of July 2011, include:<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-34" title="">[35]</a>

<ul>

<li>Richard M. Whiting, President and CEO. Total compensation, 2009: $3.14 million<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patriot_Coal#cite_note-35" title="">[36]</a></li>

<li>Charles A. Ebetino, Jr., Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer</li>

<li>Mark N. Schroeder, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer</li>

</ul>

<h2>Contact Information</h2>

Patriot Coal Corporation

12312 Olive Boulevard

St. Louis, Missouri 63141

Phone: (314) 275-3600

Web: <a href="http://www.patriotcoal.com" class="external free" title="http://www.patriotcoal.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.patriotcoal.com</a>

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<table class="infobox vcard" style=" width: 22em;" cellspacing="5"><caption class="fn org">Patriot Coal Corporation</caption><tbody><tr class=""><td colspan="2" class="logo" style=" text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Patriot_Coal_Corp_Logo.svg" class="image"><img src="/7a0b6c17-2f1c-5827-83ce-f126d86a892c.png"/></a></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style=" text-align: left;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_business_entity" title="Types of business entity" class="mw-redirect">Type</a></th><td class="category"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_company" title="Public company">Public</a></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style=" text-align: left;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticker_symbol" title="Ticker symbol">Traded as</a></th><td class=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OTC_Markets_Group" title="OTC Markets Group">OTCQB</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/PCXCQ/quote">PCXCQ</a></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style=" text-align: left;">Industry</th><td class="category"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining" title="Mining">Mining</a></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style=" text-align: left;">Founded</th><td class="">Oct.31,2007<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Coal#cite_note-0">[1]</a></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style=" text-align: left;">Headquarters</th><td class="label"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.Louis,Missouri" title="St. Louis, Missouri" class="mw-redirect">St. Louis, Missouri</a></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style=" text-align: left;">Key people</th><td class="agent">Irl F. Engelhardt chair

Richard M. Whiting pres,ceo,dir</td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style=" text-align: left;">Products</th><td class=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style=" text-align: left;">Employees</th><td class="">3,500 Sept 2010</td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style=" text-align: left;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="">Magnum Coal</td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style=" text-align: left;">Website</th><td class=""><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.patriotcoal.com">patriotcoal.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

Patriot Coal Corporation is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal-mining" title="Coal-mining" class="mw-redirect">coal-mining</a> company based in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>. The company is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin-out" title="Spin-out" class="mw-redirect">spin-off</a> of most of the Eastern U.S.A. operations of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peabody_Energy" title="Peabody Energy">Peabody Energy</a>.

Patriot is one of the largest coal miners east of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a>. The company's operations are made up of 16 mining complexes. Thirteen of these complexes are located in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a> and three are located in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>. In 2007, Patriot sold 22.1 million tons of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a>. The company controls 1.9 billion tons of proven and probable coal reserves. Patriot is the largest producer of thermal coal in the Eastern United States. It is also a leading producer of metallurgical coal. Approximately 80% of its coal is sold to domestic utilities and 20% is sold to domestic and international steel producers.

Patriot Coal's stock started trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol PCX on November 1, 2007.

On July 23, 2008, Patriot acquired Magnum Coal Company. At the time, Magnum was one of the largest coal producers in Appalachia, with 11 mines mines and 7 processing plants. Magnum had over 600 million tons of proven or probable coal reserves.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Coal#cite_note-1">[2]</a>

On July 9, 2012, Patriot Coal Corporation and substantially all of its wholly owned subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Patriot manangement advised its shareholders that it intends to use the reorganization process to address its financial challenges and make the Company stronger and more competitive. The stock listed on the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) under the symbol PCX dropped 72.1% to a record low on July 9, 2012. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Coal#cite_note-2">[3]</a>.

Also on July 9, 2012, The company issued a letter to all retired workers that their medical programs are still in place and payments will be made as usual. But, As with every part of their business, their benefit programs will be reviewed and all will be notified if any changes are made that affect their specific benefits.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Coal#cite_note-3">[4]</a>

On July 10 the company received interim bankruptcy court approval of a debtor-in-possession loan facility, giving Patriot access to $677 million in financing.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Coal#cite_note-4">[5]</a>

<h2>Operations</h2>

Through its 14 mining complexes in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachia" title="Appalachia">Appalachia</a> and the Illinois Basin, Patriot Coal's production and marketing of coal in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="East Coast of the United States">eastern United States</a> is surpassed only by Peabody Energy (Parent) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffs_Natural_Resources" title="Cliffs Natural Resources">Cliffs Natural Resources</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Coal#cite_note-5">[6]</a>

<h2>References</h2>

<li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Coal#cite_ref-0">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-170502414.html">"Peabody Energy Completes Spin-Off"</a>. 2007-11-01.</li>

<li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Coal#cite_ref-1">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://library.corporate-ir.net/library/21/216/216060/items/286207/PCX040308b.pdf">http://library.corporate-ir.net/library/21/216/216060/items/286207/PCX040308b.pdf</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Coal#cite_ref-2">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.patriotcaseinformation.com/">http://www.patriotcaseinformation.com/</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Coal#cite_ref-3">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.patriotcoal.com/assets/files/PCX%20Chapter%2011%20Retiree%20Letter.PDF">http://www.patriotcoal.com/assets/files/PCX%20Chapter%2011%20Retiree%20Letter.PDF</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Coal#cite_ref-4">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.leveragedloan.com/patriot-coal-nets-interim-court-ok-for-dip-facility/">http://www.leveragedloan.com/patriot-coal-nets-interim-court-ok-for-dip-facility/</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Coal#cite_ref-5">^{</a></span}> Louis, St. (2011-02-01). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2011/02/01/patriot-coal-profit-drops-in-q4.html">"Patriot Coal to open more mines, profit drops in Q4"</a>.</li>

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