2015-05-11T07:51:49-05:00 2014-06-30 251438051 PALERMOKISSINGER & ASSOCIATES PC 9 EAST BEAU STREET WASHINGTON PA 15301 990 2013-07-01 521926679 CITIZENS COAL COUNCIL CITI 4122572223 605 TAYLOR WAY BRIDGEVILLE PA 15017 AIMEE ERICKSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 4122572223 2015-05-05 true GARY A KISSINGER P01048791 7242281177 2015-05-11 2013 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z RICHARD STOUT 803 BATEMNAN STREET GALESBURG IL 61401 606522 false X WWW.CITIZENSCOALCOUNCIL.ORG X 1989 THE CITIZENS COAL COUNCIL IS A NATIONAL NETWORK THAT ADVOCATES FOR THE FULL ENFORCEMENT OF THE FEDERAL SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION ACT (SMCRA) AND ITS DELEGATED STATE PROGRAMS. OUR MISSION IS TO INFORM, EMPOWER AND WORK FOR AND WITH COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY THE MINING, PROCESSING AND USE OF COAL. 4 4 2 20 0 83450 605383 1641 80 227 455 604 85318 606522 0 0 57373 120085 0 16151 55864 336811 113237 456896 -27919 149626 68071 243092 8747 34142 59324 208950 X THE CITIZENS COAL COUNCIL IS A NATIONAL NETWORK THAT ADVOCATES FOR THE FULL ENFORCEMENT OF THE FEDERAL SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION ACT (SMCRA) AND ITS DELEGATED STATE PROGRAMS. OUR MISSION IS TO INFORM, EMPOWER AND WORK FOR AND WITH COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY THE MINING, PROCESSING AND USE OF COAL. false false 36613 CCC WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S LANDMARK FINE OF 27.5 MILLION AGAINST ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES FOR MORE THAN 6,000 PERMIT VIOLATIONS. THE SETTLEMENT INCLUDED AN ADDITIONAL 200 MILLION FOR IMPROVING WASTEWATER TREATMENT TO REDUCE ILLEGAL DISCHARGES. IN 2010, CCC PROVIDED THE EPA WITH MORE THAN 72,000 PAGES OF DOCUMENTS DETAILING THE VIOLATIONS AT THE EMERALD MINE FACILITY AND HAD ALSO FILED A LAWSUIT TO HOLD ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES ACCOUNTABLE. 38986 15000 CCC HIRED CONSULTANTS TO DRAFT COMMENTS ON THE EPA'S PROPOSED EFFLUENT LIMITATION GUIDELINES RULE AND TEH NOTICE OF DATA AVAILABILITY (NODA) ON ITS PROPOSED COAL ASH RULE UNDER THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND REOCVERY ACT (RCRA). CCC ALSO HIRED RUSSELL BOULDING, A HYDRO-GEOLOGIST TO WRITE AN UPDATED REPORT ON THE OAK CREEK POWER PLANT COAL ASH CONTAMINATION CASE IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. 28822 50000 CCC FILED A PETITION WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA COMMONWEALTH COURT FOR REVIEW OF A FINAL ORDER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEARING BOARD'S ORDER AND OPINION GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO WITHDRAW APPEAL IN THE MATTER: CONSOL PENNSYVANIAN COAL COMPANY, LLC V. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND CITIZENS COAL COUNCIL, INTERVENOR. THIS CASE INVOLVED SIX DEWATERED STREAMS FROM LONGWALL MINING IN GREENE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. 300462 165090 CCC SECURED AN HISTORIC DC MEETING BETWEEN LEADERS FROM COAL IMPACTED COMMUNITIES AND INTERIOR SECRETARY SALLY JEWELL. LEADERS PROVIDED EVIDENCE OF THE COAL INDUSTRY'S LAW BREAKING AND PRESSED FOR STRONGER ENFORCEMENT OF THE SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION ACT (SMCRA). IN THE 36 YEARS SINCE SMCRA WAS PASSED, THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING AMONG CITIZEN LEADERS FROM EVERY REGION AND THE INTERIOR SECRETARY. RELEASED A GROUNDBREAKING STUDY THE ILLUSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMISSIONED BY CCC AND PREPARED BY SCHMID & CO. BROUGHT TO LIGHT CHRONIC FAILURES IN THE PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS WITHIN THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (PADEP). THE IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS FOUND THAT SIGNIFICANT OMISSIONS IN COAL MINING PERMITS ACCEPTED BY THE PADEP PUT PENNSYLVANIA'S PRECIOUS WATER RESOURCES IN DANGER. CCC FILED A NOTICE OF APPEAL OF THE CONSOL PENNSYLVANIA COAL COMPANY, LLC'S BAILEY MINE PERMIT REVISION NO. 173 BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEARING BOARD. CCC'S APPEAL WAS COMPRISED OF 10 OBJECTIONS TO THE PERMITTING DECISION DEALING PRIMARILY WITH THE PADEP FAILURE TO PROPERLY ASSESS THE HYDROLOGIC IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED ACTIVITY. ORGANIZED AND FACILITATED A STRATEGIC MEETING IN PENNSYLVANIA ON ACT 54, THE LAW GOVERNING UNDERGROUND COAL EXTRACTION. CCC AND ATTORNEYS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECT AND PUBLIC JUSTICE CONTINUED THEIR COAL ASH WASTE CASE AGAINST MATT CANESTRALE CONTRACTING, INC. FOR IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF THOUSANDS OF TONS OF COAL ASH WASTE AT LABELLE COAL ASH WASTE DUMP IN LUZERNE TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA. CCC BOARD AND STAFF CONTINUED TO WORK ON A CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVE THAT INCLUDED ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING, BYLAW CHANGES, AND BOARD DEVELOPMENT. 300462 165090 404883 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 4 0 2 true false false false false false false X 4 4 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false PA X AIMEE ERICKSON 4122572223 605 TAYLOR WAY BRIDGEVILLE PA 15017 FRANZ RAETZER TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 RICHARD STOUT ACTING CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHAEL V NIXON BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF STANT DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 AIMEE ERICKSON EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X 62512 0 8403 62512 8403 false false false 605383 135590 605383 MEMBERSHIPS 80 80 80 455 455 OTHER INCOME 604 604 604 606522 1139 X 67512 54010 6751 6751 33214 18564 11328 3322 9647 6950 1732 965 9712 6998 1743 971 181698 181698 5200 5200 92023 90747 1276 8896 6870 1267 759 7612 5485 1366 761 13450 9690 2414 1346 16793 16793 4576 4576 1503 1278 225 2260 1224 1036 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 2084 2084 BANK FEES 716 716 456896 404883 35862 16151 44661 40382 20280 200000 501 285 7900 5575 2529 2325 100 100 68071 243092 8747 34142 8747 34142 X 1238 3626 58086 205324 59324 208950 68071 243092 149626 X false true X true false X 175933 188431 483464 224355 605383 1677566 175933 188431 483464 224355 605383 1677566 1677566 289 187 64 1139 1679 1679245 6299 0.99900 0.99950 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 7900 5575 2325 2325 606522 606522 606522 456896 456896 456896 X CONSULTING SVCS 10 135590 FMV false false false FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION THE CITIZENS COAL COUNCIL IS A NATIONAL NETWORK THAT ADVOCATES FOR THE FULL ENFORCEMENT OF THE FEDERAL SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION ACT (SMCRA) AND ITS DELEGATED STATE PROGRAMS. OUR MISSION IS TO INFORM, EMPOWER AND WORK FOR AND WITH COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY THE MINING, PROCESSING AND USE OF COAL. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D CCC SECURED AN HISTORIC DC MEETING BETWEEN LEADERS FROM COAL IMPACTED COMMUNITIES AND INTERIOR SECRETARY SALLY JEWELL. LEADERS PROVIDED EVIDENCE OF THE COAL INDUSTRY'S LAW BREAKING AND PRESSED FOR STRONGER ENFORCEMENT OF THE SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION ACT (SMCRA). IN THE 36 YEARS SINCE SMCRA WAS PASSED, THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING AMONG CITIZEN LEADERS FROM EVERY REGION AND THE INTERIOR SECRETARY. RELEASED A GROUNDBREAKING STUDY THE ILLUSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMISSIONED BY CCC AND PREPARED BY SCHMID & CO. BROUGHT TO LIGHT CHRONIC FAILURES IN THE PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS WITHIN THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (PADEP). THE IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS FOUND THAT SIGNIFICANT OMISSIONS IN COAL MINING PERMITS ACCEPTED BY THE PADEP PUT PENNSYLVANIA'S PRECIOUS WATER RESOURCES IN DANGER. CCC FILED A NOTICE OF APPEAL OF THE CONSOL PENNSYLVANIA COAL COMPANY, LLC'S BAILEY MINE PERMIT REVISION NO. 173 BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEARING BOARD. CCC'S APPEAL WAS COMPRISED OF 10 OBJECTIONS TO THE PERMITTING DECISION DEALING PRIMARILY WITH THE PADEP FAILURE TO PROPERLY ASSESS THE HYDROLOGIC IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED ACTIVITY. ORGANIZED AND FACILITATED A STRATEGIC MEETING IN PENNSYLVANIA ON ACT 54, THE LAW GOVERNING UNDERGROUND COAL EXTRACTION. CCC AND ATTORNEYS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECT AND PUBLIC JUSTICE CONTINUED THEIR COAL ASH WASTE CASE AGAINST MATT CANESTRALE CONTRACTING, INC. FOR IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF THOUSANDS OF TONS OF COAL ASH WASTE AT LABELLE COAL ASH WASTE DUMP IN LUZERNE TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA. CCC BOARD AND STAFF CONTINUED TO WORK ON A CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVE THAT INCLUDED ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING, BYLAW CHANGES, AND BOARD DEVELOPMENT. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B A COPY OF FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO SUBMISSION FOR REVIEW, APPROVAL AND SUBMISSION. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C THE BY-LAWS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THE WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ADDRESSES MONITORING AND ENFORCING COMPLIANCE OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY INCLUDING A PROCESS TO FOLLOW IF A POTENTIAL CONFLICT ARISES. ANNUAL DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS THAT COULD GIVE RISE TO CONFLICTS IS REQUIRED. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEW THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND OTHER MANAGEMENT POSITIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH APPROVING THE ANNUAL BUDGET. COMPARABILITY DATA OF THE AREA AND THE INDUSTRY IS USED. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G 90,747 0 1,276