The Welsh Assembly Government have recently commissioned a report into this matter. This is an important issue to many areas in South Wales where residents have been left feeling abandoned when companies (including Celtic Energy) have failed to restore sites as originally agreed. It highlights the levels of financial liabilities the applicant has on sites it has still to restore and points out problems where companies have been legally able to sell or transfer their liabilities onto subsidiary companies and, in the process, avoid the obligations to restore.
Research into the failure to restore opencast coal sites in south Wales
Research into the failure to restore opencast coal sites in south Wales