Arch Coal

Child Organization: International Coal Group

Arch Coal (NYSE: ACI) is an American coal mining and processing company. The company mines, processes, and markets bituminous and sub-bituminous coal with low sulfur content in the United States. Arch Coal is the second largest supplier of coal in the U.S. behind Peabody Energy. The company supplies 16% of the domestic market. Demand comes mainly from generators of electricity.

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Campaign Finance

Information

Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

Latest FEC Data

covers through committee's June 14, 2011 filing.
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  • Summary

    overview of the committee's finances
    Total Raised:
    $585,885
    Total Spent:
    $577,178
    Cash on Hand:
    $61,063
    Debts:
    $0

Standardized Donation Information

covers roughly through Q4 2012. may lag behind FEC section above, as donors and industries are identified by hand.

  • Top Recipients

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    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.

  • Republicans vs. Democrats

    in dollars

  • State vs. Federal

    in dollars

  • Top PAC Recipients

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    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.
View all campaign finance data for Arch Coal Sources: OpenSecrets.org FollowTheMoney.org

Lobbying

$2,840,000 Spent
Information

Figures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.

For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.

covers roughly through Q3, 2012

Lobbying on Behalf of Arch Coal

  • Names of Lobbyists
  • Firm Hired Amount
    Arch Coal $2,840,000
  • Most Frequently Disclosed Lobbying Issues
    • Clean Air & Water,
    • Energy & Nuclear Power,
    • Fed Budget & Appropriations,
    • Hazardous & Solid Waste,
    • Labor, Antitrust & Workplace,
    • Natural Resources,
    • Taxes,
    • Agriculture,
    • Defense,
    • Homeland Security
  • Most Frequently Disclosed Bills
    Bill No. Title
    H.R.2401 Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act of 2011
    H.R.1540 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
    S.26 Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock MiningIndustry Act of 2011
    H.R.1 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
    H.R.910 Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011
    H.R.97 Free Industry Act
    H.R.302 Preserve Land Freedom For Americans Act of 2011
    H.R.522 Worker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 2011
    H.R.758 National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act
    H.R.817 To amend the Antiquities Act of 1906 to place additional requirements on the establishment of national monuments under that Act, and for other purposes.
View all lobbying data for Arch Coal Sources: Lobbyist Registration Tracker OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

Mentioned in 32 dockets; Submitted to 2 dockets
Information

All data is based on documents downloaded from Regulations.gov. The first table shows mentions: all documents that include the name of the company anywhere in the document or document metadata. The second table shows submissions: all documents where the submitter metadata included the company name. Each table shows the top 10 dockets, ranked by number of occurrences.

Matches are based on a search for the company name. Variations in the company name, such as acronyms, nicknames or alternate names may cause documents to be missed. The mention of a company name in a document may be incidental and does not necessarily indicate that the company has any relevance to the document. Company names that are common English words may erroneously match with text that is not referring to the company.

Not all agencies submit public comments to Regulations.gov. For a list of participating and non-participating agencies see here. Agencies that do submit to Regulations.gov have varying levels of accuracy and completeness.

Regulations and public comments can be downloaded in bulk here.

updated daily from Regulations.gov by way of Docket Wrench

The tables show occurrences of "Arch Coal" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.

Advisory Committees

4 people on 3 committees
Information

Data is based on disclosures required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Matches are based on the occurrence of the company name in the committee member affiliation. Variations in company names may cause some matches to be missed.

The table shows only the top 10 agencies. To search and download raw records from the complete dataset see the FACA data section.

covers through 2011

Table shows employees of "Arch Coal" that sat on federal advisory committees.

  • Agency
  • Representation
  • Toggle Department of Energy 2 people on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of Health and Human Services 1 person on 1 committee
  • Toggle Surface Transportation Board 1 person on 1 committee
View all advisory committee data for Arch Coal