8-K

0001193125-15-264921.txt : 20150728 0001193125-15-264921.hdr.sgml : 20150728 20150728075305 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-15-264921 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150715 ITEM INFORMATION: Mine Safety - Reporting of Shutdowns and Patterns of Violations FILED AS OF DATE: 20150728 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150728 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NATURAL RESOURCE PARTNERS LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001171486 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BITUMINOUS COAL & LIGNITE SURFACE MINING [1221] IRS NUMBER: 352164875 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31465 FILM NUMBER: 151008291 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 601 JEFFERSON STREET STREET 2: SUITE 3600 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 BUSINESS PHONE: 713-751-7516 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 601 JEFFERSON STREET STREET 2: SUITE 3600 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 8-K 1 d93682d8k.htm 8-K 8-K

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): July 15, 2015

NATURAL RESOURCE PARTNERS L.P.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

001-31465

35-2164875

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

601 Jefferson, Suite 3600

Houston, Texas 77002

(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)

(713) 751-7507

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 1.04. Mine Safety—Reporting of Shutdowns and Patterns of Violation.

On July 15, 2015, Winn Materials, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Natural Resource Partners L.P. and the operator of the VantaCore Partners LLC/Winn Materials hard rock quarry in Clarksville, Tennessee (MSHA No. 40-03094), was issued an imminent danger order under Section 107(a) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration. The order alleged that a customer truck driver was observed standing on top of his truck load of material without fall protection. No injuries occurred as a result of the conditions alleged in the order, and the practice immediately ceased. This order has been terminated.

SIGNATURE

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 thereunto duly authorized.


	NATURAL RESOURCE PARTNERS L.P.

	By:	NRP (GP) LP, Its General Partner

	By:	GP NATURAL RESOURCE PARTNERS LLC Its General Partner

Dated: July 28, 2015

	By:	/s/ Kathryn S. Wilson
		Name: Kathryn S. Wilson Title: Vice President and General Counsel