RECLAMATION FUNDING AGREEMENTReclamation Funding Agreement • August 21st, 2018 • Contura Energy, Inc. • Bituminous coal & lignite surface mining
THIS AGREEMENT (as it may be amended or modified from time to time, this “Reclamation Funding Agreement”) is made and entered into as of July 12, 2016, by and among: Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (“ANR”), on behalf of itself and its debtor-affiliates (collectively with ANR, the “Debtors” or, when used in reference to such Debtors on or after the Effective Date (as defined herein), the “Reorganized Debtors”); Contura Energy, Inc. (the “Purchaser”); the Illinois Department of Natural Resources; the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, Department for Natural Resources; the United States Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement, in its capacity as the regulatory authority over surface mining operations in the State of Tennessee (“OSMRE”); the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy; and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (collectively, the “Regulatory Authorities” and, together with the Debtors and the Purchaser,
AMENDED RECLAMATION FUNDING AGREEMENTReclamation Funding Agreement • August 21st, 2018 • Contura Energy, Inc. • Bituminous coal & lignite surface mining
THIS AMENDED RECLAMATION FUNDING AGREEMENT (as it may be amended or modified from time to time, this "Amended Reclamation Funding Agreement") is made and entered into as of October 23, 2017, by and among: ANR, Inc. ("ANR"), on behalf of itself and its affiliates; Lexington Coal Company, L.L.C. (the "Purchaser"); Contura Energy, Inc. (“Contura”); the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (“IDNR”); the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, Department for Natural Resources (“KYEEC”); the United States Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement, in its capacity as the regulatory authority over surface mining operations in the State of Tennessee ("OSMRE"); the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (“VDMME”); and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (“WVDEP”) (collectively, the "Regulatory Authorities" and, together with ANR, Contura and the Purchaser, the "Parties").
