SUMMARY OF NORTHERN BOND FORFEITURE AMD TREATMENT SITES

摘要

The West Virginia Office of Special Reclamation (WVOSR) is funded through section eleven; article three of chapter twenty-two of the Code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one. Beginning January 1, 2002, section eleven increased the reclamation tax from three cents per ton of coal mined to fourteen cents. Seven cents of which is to be collected for a period not to exceed thirty-nine months. Funds allocated under section eleven are administered by an eight member advisory council created under section seventeen of article one, chapter twenty-two of the state code. The primary purpose of the advisory council is to ensure that the funds are utilized in the most effective, efficient, and financially stable manner.