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EXHIBIT 95

MINE SAFETY VIOLATIONS AND OTHER LEGAL MATTER DISCLOSURES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 1503(a) OF THE DODD-FRANK WALL STREET

REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT

PacifiCorp and its subsidiaries operate coal mines and coal processing facilities and Acme Brick and its affiliates operate clay, shale and limestone excavation facilities (collectively, the “mining facilities”) that are regulated by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (the “Mine Safety Act”). MSHA inspects mining facilities on a regular basis. The total number of reportable Mine Safety Act citations, orders, assessments and legal actions for the three-month period ended March 31, 2017 are summarized in the table below and are subject to contest and appeal. The severity and assessment of penalties may be reduced or, in some cases, dismissed through the contest and appeal process. Amounts are reported regardless of whether PacifiCorp or Acme has challenged or appealed the matter. Clay and other reserves that are not yet mined and mines that are closed or idled are not included in the information below as no reportable events occurred at those locations during the three-month period ended March 31, 2017. PacifiCorp and Acme have not received any notice of a pattern, or notice of the potential to have a pattern, of violations of mandatory health or safety standards that are of such nature as could have significantly and substantially contributed to the cause and effect of coal or other mine health or safety hazards under Section 104(e) of the Mine Safety Act during the three-month period ended March 31, 2017.

 

     Mine Safety Act    Total
Value of
Proposed
MSHA
Assessments
(in thousands)		    Total
Number of
Mining
Related
Fatalities		    Legal Actions
  Mining Facilities    Section 104
Significant
and
Substantial
Citations(1)		    Section
104(b)
Orders(2)		    Section
104(d)
Citations/
Orders(3)		    Section
110(b)(2)
Violations(4)		    Section
107(a)
Imminent
Danger
Orders(5)		          Pending
as of Last
Day of
Period(6)		    Instituted
During
Period		    Resolved
During
Period

Coal:

                              

Bridger (surface)

    —    —    —    —    —    $      1    —    —    —    5

Bridger (underground)

          9    —    —    —    1          22    —          8          4    —

Wyodak Coal Crushing Facility

    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —

Clay, shale and limestone:

                              

Malvern

    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —

Wheeler

    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —

Fort Smith

    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —

Oklahoma City

    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —

Tulsa

    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —

Denver

    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —

Bennett

    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —

Denton

    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —

Elgin

    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —

Sealy

    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —

Texas Clay

    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —

Leeds

    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —

Montgomery

    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —

Lueders

    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —

Cordova

    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —

 

(1)

Citations for alleged violations of mandatory health and safety standards that could significantly or substantially contribute to the cause and effect of a safety or health hazard under Section 104 of the Mine Safety Act.

(2)

For alleged failure to totally abate the subject matter of a Mine Safety Act Section 104(a) citation within the period specified in the citation.

(3)

For alleged unwarrantable failure (i.e., aggravated conduct constituting more than ordinary negligence) to comply with a mandatory health or safety standard.

(4)

For alleged flagrant violations (i.e., reckless or repeated failure to make reasonable efforts to eliminate a known violation of a mandatory health or safety standard that substantially and proximately caused, or reasonably could have been expected to cause, death or serious bodily injury).

(5)

For the existence of any condition or practice in a coal or other mine which could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm before such condition or practice can be abated. The imminent danger order under Section 107(a) of the Mine Safety Act at Bridger underground mine was abated and subsequently terminated by MSHA.

(6)

Amounts include six contests of proposed penalties under Subpart C and two contests of citations or orders under Subpart B of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission’s procedural rules. The pending legal actions are not exclusive to citations, notices, orders and penalties assessed by MSHA during the reporting period.