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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 522
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WHEREAS, The Sabine Mining Company of Harrison County has |
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earned the 2019 Reclamation Award from the Railroad Commission of |
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Texas and the 2019 National Mine Reclamation Award from the |
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Interstate Mining Compact Commission; and |
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WHEREAS, Each year, the Surface Mining and Reclamation |
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Division of the Railroad Commission of Texas recognizes a company |
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for outstanding and innovative reclamation achievements at Texas |
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coal mines; the winner is selected according to the criteria of |
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the IMCC's annual Reclamation Awards program; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2019, the commission has recognized the Sabine |
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Mining Company for its successful effort to replant native |
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grasses on 3,400 contiguous acres near its South Hallsville No. 1 |
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Mine in Harrison County, restoring the land as a habitat for |
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bobwhite quail, grassland songbirds, pollinating insects, |
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grazing livestock, and monarch butterflies; and |
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WHEREAS, The reclaimed acreage includes streams and |
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developed ponds, as well as forested corridors to provide wildlife |
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with protective cover and access to water; these corridors and |
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stands of trees were developed under the guidance of biologists and |
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representatives of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; the |
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Interstate Mining Compact Commission independently recognized the |
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success of this project by awarding Sabine the National Mine |
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Reclamation Award in the coal category; and |
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WHEREAS, A subsidiary of North American Coal Corporation, |
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the Sabine Mining Company operates the South Hallsville No. 1 |
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Mine and the adjacent Rusk Mine, which together employ more than |
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280 people; the two mines help fuel the production of electricity |
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in the Lone Star State by producing more than four million tons of |
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lignite coal each year for the H. W. Pirkey Power Plant, which is |
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owned and operated by Southwestern Electric Power Company, a |
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subsidiary of American Electric Power; with the support and |
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cooperation of Southwestern Electric, Sabine has not only met, |
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but exceeded its reclamation obligations under state and federal |
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law; and |
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WHEREAS, The Sabine Mining Company has made a positive |
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difference through its land reclamation efforts, and it is truly |
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deserving of this prestigious award; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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Legislature, hereby congratulate the Sabine Mining Company on |
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its receipt of the 2019 Reclamation Award from the Railroad |
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Commission of Texas and the 2019 IMCC National Mine Reclamation |
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Award and extend to the company and its personnel sincere best |
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wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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prepared for the Sabine Mining Company as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas Senate. |
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Hughes |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on April 1, 2019. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |