Amount based on mining and acreage fees paid by coal companies
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Aug. 4, 2015) — Gov. Steve Beshear announced today that fiscal courts in 34 counties will receive refunds totaling $266,141.66 from mining permit and acreage fees.
“Our coal-producing counties are our partners, and these funds provide a direct benefit for their efforts,” Beshear said. “Every effort is being made by this administration to help the mining industry extract coal in a manner that is safe, efficient and protective of our environment.”
The Department for Natural Resources collects mining permit and acreage fees and returns a portion of the fees to coal-producing counties for projects that the fiscal courts deem beneficial to their communities.
Refunds range from $62.50 to $42,562, with 12 counties each receiving more than $10,000.
The following list includes the counties and refund amounts:
- Bell County Fiscal Court, $24,162
- Boyd County Fiscal Court, $312.50
- Breathitt County Fiscal Court, $11,987
- Clay County Fiscal Court, $1,100
- Daviess County Fiscal Court, $1,850
- Elliott County Fiscal Court, $500
- Estill County Fiscal Court, $125
- Floyd County Fiscal Court, $19,333
- Harlan County Fiscal Court, $17,079
- Henderson County Fiscal Court, $750
- Hopkins County Fiscal Court, $2,150
- Jackson County Fiscal Court, $62.50
- Johnson County Fiscal Court, $5,000
- Knott County Fiscal Court, $17,845
- Knox County Fiscal Court, $1,825
- Lawrence County Fiscal Court, $2,929
- Lee County Fiscal Court, $250
- Leslie County Fiscal Court, $19,637
- Letcher County Fiscal Court, $9,054
- Magoffin County Fiscal Court, $8,087
- Martin County Fiscal Court, $5,775
- McCreary County Fiscal Court, $437
- McLean County Fiscal Court, $437
- Morgan County Fiscal Court, $100
- Muhlenberg County Fiscal Court, $3,025
- Ohio County Fiscal Court, $5,550
- Owsley County Fiscal Court, $2,104
- Perry County Fiscal Court, $30,683
- Pike County Fiscal Court, $42,562
- Pulaski County Fiscal Court, $62.50
- Rockcastle County Fiscal Court, $62.50
- Union County Fiscal Court, $2,625
- Webster County Fiscal Court, $3,037
- Whitley County Fiscal Court, $25,637
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