Company: NC
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form Type: ARS
Source: 0000789933-25-000013
Chunk: 41

Company: NACCO INDUSTRIES INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form: ARS
Chunk 41
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5, CEQ issued a notice that it intends to rescind all CEQ NEPA implementing regulations. These actions have raised significant questions regarding how CEQ’s NEPA regulations and agency-specific NEPA procedures will be interpreted and enforced going forward. We are unable to predict what impact the new CEQ guidance will have on our ability to obtain governmental permits. Federal Coal Leasing We enter into leases of Federally owned coal for a small portion of the coal mined at certain of our North Dakota mines. In July 2024, the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published its North Dakota Proposed Resource Management Plan (RMP), which provided that no Federal coal which lies more than four miles away from a currently existing surface coal mining permit will be available for future leasing in North Dakota. In September 2024, the Company, along with other stakeholders, including the Governor of North Dakota, filed protests against the RMP. The BLM denied the protests and published the final RMP in January 2025. The State of North Dakota filed a challenge to the RMP in the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota on February 25, 2025. We are currently evaluating a similar challenge. If any such challenges are not successful, we may be required to alter our mine plans to avoid areas of Federal coal in the future. Regulation of the Oil and Natural Gas Industry The oil and natural gas industry is extensively regulated by numerous federal, state and local authorities. Legislation affecting the oil and natural gas industry is under constant review for amendment or expansion, frequently increasing the regulatory burden. Also, numerous departments and agencies, both federal and state, are authorized by statute to issue rules and regulations that are binding on the oil and natural gas industry, some of which carry substantial penalties for failure to comply. Although the regulatory burden on the oil and natural gas industry increases the cost of doing business, these burdens generally do not affect us any differently or to any greater or lesser extent than they affect other companies in the industry with similar assets. 13

The availability, terms and cost of transportation significantly affect sales of oil and natural gas. The interstate transportation of oil and natural gas and the sale or resale of natural gas is subject to federal regulation, including regulation of the terms, conditions and rates for interstate transportation, storage and various other matters, primarily by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Federal and state regulations govern the price and terms for access to oil and natural gas pipeline transportation. FERC’s regulations for interstate oil