UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 19, 2010
Rhino Resource Partners LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
| 001-34892 (Commission File Number) |
| 27-2377517 (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
424 Lewis Hargett Circle, Suite 250
Lexington, Kentucky 40503
(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)
(859) 389-6500
(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)
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Item 8.01 Other Events
On July 21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) was enacted into federal law. Section 1503(b)(2)(B) of the Dodd-Frank Act requires a reporting company operating coal mines or with subsidiaries that operate coal mines to file a Current Report on Form 8-K upon receipt of written notice from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) that a mine has the potential for a pattern of violations under Section 104(e) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (“Mine Act”).
On November 19, 2010, Rhino Eastern LLC (“Rhino Eastern”), a joint venture in which Rhino Resource Partners LP owns a 51% membership interest and serves as manager, received an MSHA notification of a potential pattern of violations under Section 104(e) of the Mine Act for Rhino Eastern’s Eagle #1 Mine located in Bolt, West Virginia, based on MSHA’s initial screening of compliance records for the twelve months ended August 31, 2010 and of accident and employment records for the twelve months ended June 30, 2010. The notice from MSHA provides Rhino Eastern twenty days to review the violations and to develop a corrective action program in order to avoid a final finding of a pattern of violations and the imposition of sanctions pursuant to Section 104(e) of the Mine Act. Rhino Eastern is carefully reviewing all of the historical safety data that resulted in the potential pattern of violations finding, and intends to fully cooperate with MSHA during this process.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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| RHINO RESOURCE PARTNERS LP | |
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| By: | Rhino GP LLC, |
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| Its General Partner |
Dated: November 24, 2010 |
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| By: | /s/ Joseph R. Miller |
| Name: Joseph R. Miller | |
| Title: Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel | |