With the price of coal so high, you have operators coming out of the woodwork, trying to get into any seam of coal they can to make a quick buck, opening up a lot of little dog holes.
We're not getting everything that we think coal miners need in this bill.
You can mine 4 tons of coal in a couple of minutes. It's cheaper to exceed the dust limits, expose a miner to black lung and pay the fine than it is to do the right thing.
Far too many mines receive the minimum assessment of $60, which is less than what a ton of coal goes for these days.