TITLE: Recognizing Sabine Mining Company for receiving the 2019 Reclamation Award.

SUMMARY: Recognizing Sabine Mining Company for receiving the 2019 Reclamation Award.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, The Sabine Mining Company of Harrison County has earned the 2019 Reclamation Award from the Railroad Commission of Texas; and WHEREAS, Each year, the Railroad Commission's Surface Mining and Reclamation Division recognizes a company for outstanding and innovative reclamation achievements at Texas coal mines; the winner is selected according to the criteria of the Interstate Mining Compact Commission's annual Reclamation Awards program; and WHEREAS, In 2019, the Railroad 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; 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 and produce more than 4 million tons of lignite coal each year, helping to fuel the production of electricity in the Lone Star State; 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 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 President of the Senate I hereby certify that the above Resolution was adopted by the Senate on March 7, 2019.