Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 522
2	2	WHEREAS, The Sabine Mining Company of Harrison County has
3	3	earned the 2019 Reclamation Award from the Railroad Commission of
4	4	Texas and the 2019 National Mine Reclamation Award from the
5	5	Interstate Mining Compact Commission; and
6	6	WHEREAS, Each year, the Surface Mining and Reclamation
7	7	Division of the Railroad Commission of Texas recognizes a company
8	8	for outstanding and innovative reclamation achievements at Texas
9	9	coal mines; the winner is selected according to the criteria of
10	10	the IMCC's annual Reclamation Awards program; and
11	11	WHEREAS, In 2019, the commission has recognized the Sabine
12	12	Mining Company for its successful effort to replant native
13	13	grasses on 3,400 contiguous acres near its South Hallsville No. 1
14	14	Mine in Harrison County, restoring the land as a habitat for
15	15	bobwhite quail, grassland songbirds, pollinating insects,
16	16	grazing livestock, and monarch butterflies; and
17	17	WHEREAS, The reclaimed acreage includes streams and
18	18	developed ponds, as well as forested corridors to provide wildlife
19	19	with protective cover and access to water; these corridors and
20	20	stands of trees were developed under the guidance of biologists and
21	21	representatives of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; the
22	22	Interstate Mining Compact Commission independently recognized the
23	23	success of this project by awarding Sabine the National Mine
24	24	Reclamation Award in the coal category; and
25	25	WHEREAS, A subsidiary of North American Coal Corporation,
26	26	the Sabine Mining Company operates the South Hallsville No. 1
27	27	Mine and the adjacent Rusk Mine, which together employ more than
28	28	280 people; the two mines help fuel the production of electricity
29	29	in the Lone Star State by producing more than four million tons of
30	30	lignite coal each year for the H. W. Pirkey Power Plant, which is
31	31	owned and operated by Southwestern Electric Power Company, a
32	32	subsidiary of American Electric Power; with the support and
33	33	cooperation of Southwestern Electric, Sabine has not only met,
34	34	but exceeded its reclamation obligations under state and federal
35	35	law; and
36	36	WHEREAS, The Sabine Mining Company has made a positive
37	37	difference through its land reclamation efforts, and it is truly
38	38	deserving of this prestigious award; now, therefore, be it
39	39	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th
40	40	Legislature, hereby congratulate the Sabine Mining Company on
41	41	its receipt of the 2019 Reclamation Award from the Railroad
42	42	Commission of Texas and the 2019 IMCC National Mine Reclamation
43	43	Award and extend to the company and its personnel sincere best
44	44	wishes for continued success; and, be it further
45	45	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be
46	46	prepared for the Sabine Mining Company as an expression of high
47	47	regard by the Texas Senate.
48	48	Hughes
49	49	________________________________
50	50	President of the Senate
51	51	I hereby certify that the
52	52	above Resolution was adopted by
53	53	the Senate on April 1, 2019.
54	54	________________________________
55	55	Secretary of the Senate
56	56	________________________________
57	57	Member, Texas Senate