In April 2018, we released our findings from a year-long research and analysis process that examined bonding practices across Central Appalachia. We issued the report to lend further evidence for the need to eliminate self-bonding and pool bonding of surface coal mines across the country. Our report was released a few weeks after the Government Accountability Office issued a report on bonding and urged Congress to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) to eliminate self-bonding.
