-----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, KnfQNKZevuwAZdxiwPVG4dXZxdTAckt70ydel747CEhC+PygZELKJNdpo+c0ksJD vM/JZAcpjE/Kh3h+nlVjwg== 0001299933-10-004201.txt : 20101124 0001299933-10-004201.hdr.sgml : 20101124 20101124074056 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001299933-10-004201 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101119 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20101124 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101124 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PEABODY ENERGY CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001064728 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BITUMINOUS COAL & LIGNITE SURFACE MINING [1221] IRS NUMBER: 134004153 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-16463 FILM NUMBER: 101213297 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 701 MARKET ST CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63101-1826 BUSINESS PHONE: 3143423400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 701 MARKET ST CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63101-1826 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: P&L COAL HOLDINGS CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980623 8-K 1 htm_39856.htm LIVE FILING PEABODY ENERGY CORPORATION (Form: 8-K)  

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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):   November 19, 2010

PEABODY ENERGY CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 1-16463 13-4004153
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
701 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri   63101-1826
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (314) 342-3400

Not Applicable
______________________________________________
Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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:

[  ]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[  ]  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
[  ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[  ]  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 written notice from the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration ("MSHA") that a coal or other mine of which the issuer or a subsidiary is an operator has a pattern or potential pattern of violations of mandatory health or safety standards under section 104(e) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (the "Mine Act").

On November 19, 2010, Peabody Midwest Operations LLC, a subsidiary of Peabody Energy Corporation, received a notice from MSHA that a potential pattern of violations exists at the Willow Lake Portal Mine. The notification was based upon a screening by MSHA of compliance records and of accident and employment records at the mine. Peabody Midwest Operations LLC is questioning whether the mine meets the criteria in the scr eening based on conflicting data from the same source.





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.

         
    PEABODY ENERGY CORPORATION
          
November 24, 2010   By:   Kenneth L. Wagner
       
        Name: Kenneth L. Wagner
        Title: Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
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