EIA-7A Coal Production Report - Mine Prep

U.S. Department of Energy
Energy Information Administration
Form EIA-7A
(April 2011)

Coal Production and Preparation Report
(Co-Located Mine and Preparation Plant/Tipple)

Form Approved
OMB No. 1905-0167
Expires: xx/xx/xxxx
Burden: 1.8 Hours

Page 1
Reporting For Calendar Year
MSHA #

Please read the instructions provided before completing this form.
NOTICE: This report is mandatory under the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-275). Failure to comply may result
in criminal fines, civil penalties and other sanctions as provided by law. For further information concerning sanctions and data protections
see the provision on sanctions and the provision concerning the disclosure of information in the instructions. Title 18 USC 1001 makes it a
criminal offense for any person knowingly and willingly to make to any Agency or Department of the United States any false,
fictitious, or fraudulent statements as to any matter within its jurisdiction.
GENERAL REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Form EIA-7A must be submitted by all coal mines that produced 25,000 or more short tons of
coal and other coal facilities that worked 5,000 hours or more during the reporting year. All anthracite coal mines that produced 10,000
short tons or more during the year must also report. A separate Form EIA-7A must be submitted for each Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) ID.
I. Identification. The shaded areas in this section are reserved for preprinted information. Please make any corrections to the information
shown in these areas by drawing a line through the incorrect information and entering the changes in the space provided at the right.
A. Status Change: Did the ownership change during the year?

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Yes

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No

If Yes, give date of change and, as applicable, the name and address of the new owner.
Month
Name of New Owner

Name of New Mining Operation

Address of New Owner (Street)

(City)

New Owner E-mail

New Owner Phone Number

(County)

(State)

Day

Year

(Zip Code)

New Owner Fax Number

Please make any corrections to the mailing label in the area provided at the right and return the completed form in the business reply
envelope provided.
B. Preparer Information

Preparer Name:
Preparer Title:
Preparer Company Name:
Preparer Street Address:
Preparer City, State, Zip:
Preparer Phone #:
Preparer Fax #:
Preparer E-mail:

C. Company Contact Information. The information in this block refers to the Company that owns the MSHA ID. The Company
contact person is a person who has oversight responsibility for responding to this data request and ordinarily is not the person
preparing the response.

Contact Name:
Contact Title:
Contact Company Name:
Contact Street Address:
Contact City, State, Zip:
Contact Phone #:
Contact Fax #:
Contact E-mail:

U.S. Department of Energy
Energy Information Administration
Form EIA-7A
(April 2011)

Coal Production and Preparation Report
(Co-Located Mine and Preparation Plant/Tipple)

Form Approved
OMB No. 1905-0167
Expires: xx/xx/xxxx
Burden: 1.8 Hours

Page 2
Reporting For Calendar Year
MSHA #

D. Name and Location of Mining Operation

Mine Name:
Mine Location (County):
Mine Location (State):

E. Name and Address of Operating Company

Company Name:
Company Address:
Company City, State, Zip:

F. Operating Company Contact Information
Contact Name:
Contact Title:
Contact Street Address:
Contact City, State, Zip:
Contact Phone #:
Contact Fax #:
Contact E-mail:

G. Type of Company Operating this Mining Operation Check one. (See instructions for definitions of company types).
1. Independent Producer Operator
2. Operating Subsidiary
3. Contractor

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If you checked Box 1 in Section G above, please skip to Section J. If you checked Box 2, please complete Sections H and I with
information about your Parent Company. If you checked Box 3, please complete Sections H and I with information about the Contractee for
which you are providing services at this mining operation. If there is more than one Parent Company or Contractee, please provide the
additional information for Sections H and I on a separate sheet of paper.
H. Parent Company or Contractee

Company/Contractee Name:
Company/Contractee Address:
Company/Contractee City, State, Zip:

I. Parent Company or Contractee Contact Information

Contact Name:
Contact Title:
Contact Street Address:
Contact City, State, Zip:
Contact Phone #:
Contact Fax #:
Contact E-mail:

Coal Production and Preparation Report
(Co-Located Mine and Preparation Plant/Tipple)

U.S. Department of Energy
Energy Information Administration
Form EIA-7A
(April 2011)

Form Approved
OMB No. 1905-0167
Expires: xx/xx/xxxx
Burden: 1.8 Hours

Page 3
Reporting For Calendar Year
MSHA #

J. Kind of Mining Operation

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Underground Mine
Surface Mine
Type and Share by Production Method For
Underground Mines
Drift

%

Continuous

Shaft

%

Conventional

Slope

%

Longwall

%

Shortwall

%

Other

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100%

Type and Share by Production Method For
Surface Mines
Contour

%

Area

%

Open Pit

%

Mountaintop Mining

%

Auger, Highwall Mine or
Punch
Silt, Culm, Refuse bank,
Slurry Dam or
Dredge

%
%

100%
K. Union Identification. Check the box that applies for this mining operation and identify the union, if applicable.

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Is this mining operation unionized?

Yes

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No

If yes, enter union name here:

L. Mining Location
1. Longitude and Latitude. Please enter the longitude and latitude that best defines the predominant area of mining in the reporting year.
The geographical points reported should represent either the center of mining activity or a central point within the predominantly mined area.
Longitudes and latitudes may change from year to year to reflect the progress of mining.
Longitude

Latitude
Degrees

Minutes

Seconds

Degrees

Minutes

Seconds

2. Datum. Please identify the method and datum that was used in determining the longitude and latitude locations (Please check all boxes that
apply).

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Maps on Us (www.maponus.com)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER Map Service
Global Positioning System (GPS)
U.S. Geological Survey MapFinder (www.usgs.gov)
Unknown
Other ________________________________________

If you selected GPS, USGS or Other, please indicate datum below:

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NAD27 (North American Datum 1927)
WGS84 (World Geodetic Survey 1984)
NAD83 (North American Datum 1983)
Unknown
Other ________________________________________

U.S. Department of Energy
Energy Information Administration
Form EIA-7A
(April 2011)

Coal Production and Preparation Report

Form Approved
OMB No. 1905-0167
Expires: xx/xx/xxxx
Burden: 1.8 Hours

(Co-Located Mine and Preparation Plant/Tipple)
Page 4
Reporting For Calendar Year
MSHA #

II. Annual Mine Productive Capacity. Report the maximum amount of coal that your mining
operation could have produced during the year with the existing mining equipment in place,
assuming that the labor and materials sufficient to utilize the equipment were available, and
that the market existed for the maximum coal production.

s.t.

III. Coal Beds Mined. Report the coal bed name, average thickness, percentage of mined coal and rank for each bed mined in the reporting
year. Please exclude partings of 1 inch or thicker from reported average coal bed thicknesses. Coal mined from the same bed should be
reported on one line. An exception is made if the same bed was mined in different pits or sections and if the average thicknesses in those
locations differ by 20% or more. If so, please report separately the average thickness, percentage and rank of the coal bed in the different mining
locations. See Section G of the Instructions for Classification Codes. If more space is needed, please use space on page 6.
For EIA Use
Only

(1) Name of Coal Bed

(2) Average Thickness
(inches)

(3) Share of
Production
(%)

(4) Coal Classification
Code

100%

IV. Recoverable Reserves
A. Recoverable Reserves. Enter the tonnage representing remaining coal reserves at
this mine at the end of the reporting year that you estimate can be recovered (mined) in
the future. Exclude coal left in place after mining. Report to the level of accuracy known,
assuming today’s prices and equipment currently owned and operable. If your recoverable
reserves quantity increased or decreased by more than 40% from last year’s response,
please explain the change in the remarks section.

B. Recovery Percentage. Enter the recovery rate used to estimate reserves at this
mine. Report the mining recovery rate to the nearest whole percent. Minable coal
tonnage multiplied by the mining recovery rate should equal the level of recoverable
coal reserves.

s.t.

%

U.S. Department of Energy
Energy Information Administration
Form EIA-7A
(April 2011)

Coal Production and Preparation Report
(Co-Located Mine and Preparation Plant/Tipple)

Form Approved
OMB No. 1905-0167
Expires: xx/xx/xxxx
Burden: 1.8 Hours

Page 5
Reporting For Calendar Year
MSHA #

V. Dispositions of Coal Produced During the Reporting Calendar Year (exclude any purchased coal from other mines) The quotient
of the revenue data (open market, captive market, and export) and reported sales should be consistent with the definition of F.O.B. (Free on
Board) Mining Operation Value provided in the instructions.
NOTE: A + B + C + (E-D) + F + G should equal total annual production.
A. Open Market Sales. Sales of coal to all buyers except coal for export, (e.g., other coal
mining companies, wholesale or retail coal dealers or brokers, employees and all
consumers)
B. Captive Market Sales. Sales of coal to, or transfers of coal for the use of, the parent
company or a subsidiary of the parent company.
C. Coal Consumed to Operate This Mine (Please exclude coal consumed to generate
electricity that is sold to the grid).
D. Beginning Coal Stocks. Amount of coal stocks held at this mine at the beginning of
the reporting year including adjustments. Do not include pit inventory in coal stocks.
Coal stocks are defined as coal that has been mined and stored awaiting shipment or
transfer to a user. Pit inventory is coal in place which has been surveyed or prepared for
mining.
E. Ending Coal Stocks. Amount of coal stocks held at this mine at the end of the reporting
year. Do not include pit inventory in coal stocks. See definitions in D above.

F. Export coal. The total amount of coal exported outside the U.S. during the reporting
calendar year. Note: For exemption from the black lung excise tax, producers are required
to report the amount of export coal to the IRS. The coal export quantity reported on this
form should be the same quantity as reported to the IRS.
G. Coal Stocks held off-site at remote locations. The total amount of coal stocks from
this operation that were produced during the year and are being held at off-site locations.
These locations include coal export terminals; coal river docks; and/or any other remote
location.

Quantity
(short tons)

Total Revenue or Value (dollars)

U.S. Department of Energy
Energy Information Administration
Form EIA-7A
(April 2011)

Coal Production and Preparation Report
(Co-Located Mine and Preparation Plant/Tipple)

Form Approved
OMB No. 1905-0167
Expires: xx/xx/xxxx
Burden: 1.8 Hours

Page 6
Reporting For Calendar Year
MSHA #

If coal Open Market sales, as reported in A above, are to wholesale or retail coal dealers or brokers, please provide the coal purchasers’
information below
(1)
Contact Name

(2)
Purchaser

(3)
Contact E-mail Address

(4)
Contact Phone Number

VI. A. Coal Beds Mined. Additional space for Section III A from previous page, if needed. If this additional space is used, please ensure that
values entered into column (3) Share of Production in both tables equal 100%.
For EIA Use
Only

(1) Name of Coal Bed

(2) Average Thickness
(inches)

(3) Share of Production
(%)

(4) Coal
Classification
Code

VIII. Coal Preparation. Complete this section only if this mine operation includes a preparation plant or tipple which crushes, screens, or
mechanically cleans coal.
A. Proportion of coal by type of mining.

1. Percentage of coal prepared which originated at underground mines
2. Percentage of coal prepared which originated at surface mines
3. Total coal prepared
B. Processing Statistics
1. Tons of raw coal processed at the plant during the report year (input)
2. Tons of coal after processing. (output)
3. Tons of refuse material after processing.
C.

Hourly Raw Feed Capacity
Report the maximum amount of raw coal that your operation could
process during one hour in short tons (under normal operating conditions).

_____________%
_____________%
100 %

_______________ s.t.
________________ s.t.
________________ s.t.

________________ s.t.

IX. Additional Remarks. Attach another sheet of paper if necessary.
X. Point of Contact. Enter the name, title, telephone number and e-mail address of your company representative who can answer
questions regarding information provided on this form.
Name

Title

Telephone Number

E-mail Address