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Date of Data: 1997
Next Release Date: 2004


3. 1997 Demonstrated Reserve Base
and Estimated Recoverable Reserves

 

Demonstrated Reserve Base (Continued)

 

Table 10. Demonstrated Reserve Base of Coal by State and Rank, Potentially Minable by Surface Methods, 1995, 1997
(Million Short Tons)
Coal Producing State and Region Anthracite Bituminous Subbituminous Lignite Total
1997 1995 1997 1995 1997 1995 1997 1995 1997 1995
Alabama - 0.0 2,173.3 2,190.1 0.0 0.0 1,083.0 1,083.0 3,256.3 3,273.1
Alaska 0.0 0.0 80.5 80.5 608.5 612.4 14.0 14.0 703.0 706.9
Arizona 0.0 0.0 59.3 87.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 59.3 87.3
Arkansas 15.5 15.5 103.6 103.6 0.0 0.0 25.4 25.4 144.4 144.5
Colorado 0.0 0.0 587.6 588.5 0.0 16.3 4,189.9 4,189.9 4,777.4 4,794.7
Georgia 0.0 0.0 1.7 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 1.7
Illinois 0.0 0.0 16,608.4 16,174.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16,608.4 16,174.7
Indiana 0.0 0.0 1,056.7 1,118.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,056.7 1,118.1
Iowa 0.0 0.0 457.0 457.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 457.0 457.0
Kansas 0.0 0.0 975.0 975.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 975.0 975.6
Kentucky Total 0.0 0.0 13,532.8 13,679.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13,532.8 13,679.8
Kentucky, Eastern 0.0 0.0 9,839.3 9,959.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9,839.3 9,959.9
Kentucky, Western 0.0 0.0 3,693.5 3,720.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,693.5 3,720.0
Louisiana 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 462.7 471.3 462.7 471.3
Maryland 0.0 0.0 80.2 82.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 80.2 82.2
Michigan 0.0 0.0 4.6 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.6 4.6
Missouri 0.0 0.0 4,514.9 4,516.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4,514.9 4,516.5
Montana 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 32,958.3 33,054.1 15,759.8 15,760.5 48,718.2 48,814.6
New Mexico 0.0 0.0 971.1 1,004.4 5,307.4 5,337.0 0.0 0.0 6,278.6 6,341.4
North Dakota 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9,395.0 9,470.0 9,395.0 9,470.0
Ohio 0.0 0.0 5,875.2 5,907.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5,875.2 5,907.3
Oklahoma 0.0 0.0 338.0 342.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 338.0 342.2
Oregon 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 2.9 0.0 0.0 2.9 2.9
Pennsylvania Total 3,370.0 3,374.9 1,044.4 1,084.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4,414.4 4,459.6
Anthracite 3,370.0 3,374.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,370.0 3,374.9
Bituminous 0.0 0.0 1,044.4 1,084.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,044.4 1,084.7
South Dakota 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 366.1 366.1 366.1 366.1
Tennessee 0.0 0.0 284.3 288.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 284.3 288.2
Texas 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12,931.0 13,064.9 12,931.0 13,064.9
Utah 0.0 0.0 267.9 267.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 267.9 267.9
Virginia 0.0 0.0 673.8 697.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 673.8 697.3
Washington 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 49.3 60.6 8.1 8.1 57.4 68.7
West Virginia 0.0 0.0 4,428.8 4,563.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4,428.8 4,563.6
Wyoming 0.0 0.0 489.8 492.4 24,808.8 25,478.3 0.0 0.0 25,298.7 25,970.7
Appalachian Total 3,370.0 3,374.9 24,401.1 24,775.0 0.0 0.0 1,083.0 1,083.0 28,854.0 29,232.8
Interior Total 15.5 15.5 27,751.5 27,412.3 0.0 0.0 13,419.0 13,561.6 41,186.0 40,989.4
Western Total 0.0 0.0 2,456.2 2,521.0 63,735.4 64,561.7 29,732.8 29,808.5 95,924.5 96,891.1
East of the Mississippi 3,370.0 3,374.9 45,764.1 45,792.3 0.0 0.0 1,083.0 1,083.0 50,217.1 50,250.2
West of the Mississippi 15.5 15.5 8,844.6 8,915.9 63,735.4 64,561.7 43,151.9 43,370.1 115,747.4 116,863.1
U.S. Total 3,385.4 3,390.4 54,608.8 54,708.3 63,735.4 64,561.7 44,234.9 44,453.1 165,964.4 167,113.3
   1 For a definition of coal-producing regions, see Table 13.
   Note: Totals based on available data. Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Data are reported as of the first day of the year.
   Sources: EIA Coal Reserves Data Base program, State geological and mineral resource surveys, and other geological reports.

 
Table 11. EIA Sulfur Content Categories for Coal
Qualitative Rating Pounds of Sulfur per Million Btua Approximate Range of Sulfur Content (percent)b Approximate Correlation with
Sulfur Criteria for Coal
High-Grade Bituminous High-Grade Lignite
Low Sulfur 0.40 0.5 0.3 Exceeds 1971 NSPS Requirementsb
  0.41-0.60 0.5-0.8 0.3-0.5 Meets 1971 NSPS Requirementsb
Medium Sulfur 0.61-0.83 0.8-1.1 0.5-0.6 Fails 1971 NSPS; marginally low-sulfur coal, may meet 1971 NSPS when blended
  0.84-1.67 1.1-2.2 0.6-1.3 Fails 1971 NSPS; would require use of emission reduction technologies on new-source boilers
High Sulfur 1.68-2.50

> 2.50

2.2-3.3

> 3.3

1.3-1.9

> 1.9

Coals used primarily in pre-regulation boilers, such as units affected by Phase I of CAAA90. Units using high-sulfur coals either have or will install scrubbers, may be able to offset emissions with allowances, or may be operated at reduced capacity and/or eventually replaced.

   aAs-received basis.
   bPercent sulfur content by weight, as-received basis.
   Notes:NSPS Requirements refers to New Source Performance Standards authorized under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970 and issued in 1971 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). NSPS affected new or modified electric utility units of more than 73 megawatts capacity and required that average emissions not exceed 1.2 pounds of SO2 per million Btu of heat input. To ensure compliance, the NSPS relied on "command and control" regulations, which specified abatement technologies and imposed fines and penalties. In 1979, the EPA issued Revised NSPS, required under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977. The revised standards applied more broadly and imposed additional mitigation requirements on new source utility plants, but 1.2 pounds of SO2 per million Btu remained as the key criterion for coal. This "compliance coal" standard is still in effect, although it has been eclipsed somewhat by the CAAA90, which established more flexible, market-based compliance mechanisms. CAAA90 refers to the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, under which EPA set up a market to trade in emission "allowances," one for each ton of SO2. Under CAAA90, a national limit of 8.95 million allowances will take effect in 2000 for annual SO2 emissions from existing and future electric utility units of more than 25 megawatts. Utilities may choose to meet national limits by buying allowances; by reducing emissions through fuel switching, coal cleaning, flue gas desulfurization (scrubbing), or advanced utilization technologies; and by offsetting high-emission units via increased use of low-emission units or purchase of unused allowances from utilities that have reduced their SO2 emissions. Phase I (1995-1999) is the period by which 261 units, identified in CAAA90 as the largest electric utility sources of SO2 and nitrous oxide emissions, were required to meet interim emission levels. The 261 are older units that previously had not been required to reduce SO2 output. Phase II, beginning in 2000, will further tighten annual emission limits for the 261 units as well as set restrictions for virtually all new units, both utility and nonutility, of 25 megawatts or greater.
   Source: Energy Information Administration, Acid Rain Compliance Strategies for the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, DOE/EIA-0582 (Washington, DC, March 1994), pp. ix-3.

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