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