-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, KqaTzn/X0ZT9kg0BzvLkltVs2PZqjvuaMVF+PtTsGXKq6u6a/jvnC4Nl80IYenrw dkd58id6rc7M/HBLDhNl0Q== 0000950123-10-093918.txt : 20101018 0000950123-10-093918.hdr.sgml : 20101018 20101018171511 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-10-093918 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101014 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20101018 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101018 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ARCH COAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001037676 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BITUMINOUS COAL & LIGNITE SURFACE MINING [1221] IRS NUMBER: 430921172 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13105 FILM NUMBER: 101128594 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: CITY PLACE ONE STE 300 STREET 2: ARCH MINERAL CORP CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63141 BUSINESS PHONE: 3149942700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: CITYPLACE ONE SUITE 300 STREET 2: ARCH MINERAL CORP CITY: CREVE COEUR STATE: MO ZIP: 63141 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ARCH MINERAL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970411 8-K 1 c60783e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 18, 2010 (October 14, 2010)
Arch Coal, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   1-13105   43-0921172
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation) 		  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
CityPlace One
One CityPlace Drive, Suite 300
St. Louis, Missouri 63141
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (314) 994-2700
     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o     Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o     Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.
     On July 21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”) was enacted. Section 1503 of the Act contains new reporting requirements regarding mine safety, including disclosing on a Current Report on Form 8-K the receipt of an imminent danger order under section 107(a) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (the “Mine Act”) issued by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration.
     On October 14, 2010, Cumberland River Coal Company, a subsidiary of Arch Coal, Inc., received an imminent danger order under section 107(a) of the Mine Act stating that at Cumberland River Coal Company’s Pine Branch 1 coal mine, three tandem axle coal trucks operated by an independent contractor, Lemar Trucking Co. Inc., were allegedly operating in an unsafe manner on a mine haul and access road. In response to the order, mine personnel completed the work the inspector requested and the order was promptly terminated.
     On October 15, 2010, Canyon Fuel Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Arch Coal, Inc., received an imminent danger order under section 107(a) of the Mine Act indicating that a HDPE pipe in the rock dust transfer system was improperly grounded at Canyon Fuel Company, LLC’s Dugout Canyon coal mine. In response to the order, mine personnel completed the work the inspector requested and the order was promptly terminated.

 

 

Signatures
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
Dated: October 18, 2010  Arch Coal, Inc.
 		  
  By:   /s/ Robert G. Jones    
    Robert G. Jones   
    Senior Vice President — Law, General Counsel
and Secretary 		  
 

 

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