Alaska Miner Magazine, Fall 2021

Usibelli Coal Mine Achieves Historic Reclamation Milestone

Photos Courtesy Usibelli Coal Mine

The after-effects of the reclamation (above) from the previous site (below).

Poker Flats Mine permit receives bond release

BY RICH SIVILS Usibelli Coal Mine has reached a historic milestone at the Healy mine. The mine’s Poker Flats Mine permit reached the milestone in its reclamation efforts. The application submitted the previous year was approved in August by the Division of Natu- ral Resources for Phase III Bond Release which covered a significant portion of the mining area. This bond release covers 367 acres of land leased from the State of Alaska on which over 20 million tons of coal were safely and

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The Alaska Miner

Fall 2021

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