EX-95 6 ale9-30x2014exx95.htm EXHIBIT
Exhibit 95
Mine Safety Disclosure

| Mine or Operating Name/MSHA Identification Number | Section 104 S&S Citations (#) | Section 104(b) Orders (#) | Section 104(d) Citations and Orders (#) | Section 110(b)(2) Violations (#) | Section 107(a) Orders (#) | Total Dollar Value of MSHA Assessments Proposed ($) | Total Number of Mining Related Fatalities (#) | Received Notice of Pattern of Violation Under Section 104(e) (yes/no) | Received Notice of Potential to Have Pattern Under Section 104(e) (yes/no) | Legal Actions Pending as of Last Day of Period (#) | Legal Actions Initiated During Period (#) | Legal Actions Resolved During Period (#)
| Center Mine / 3200218 | — | — | — | — | — | $434 | — | No | No | — | — | —

For the quarter ended September 30, 2014, BNI Coal, owner of Center Mine, received no significant and substantial (S&S) citations under Section 104(a) of the Mine Safety Act. It received $434 in penalties related to non-S&S violations that occurred in the second quarter of 2014, but had not been assessed prior to filing ALLETE's second quarter 10-Q. In 2013, BNI Coal had a S&S citation under Section 104(a) of the Mine and Safety Act for which the Mine Safety and Health Administration proposed a penalty of $52,500; a hearing case has been filed in relation to this penalty. For the quarter ended September 30, 2014, there were no citations, orders, violations or notices received under Sections 104(b), 104(d), 107(a), 104(e) or 110(b)(2) of the Mine Safety Act and there were no fatalities.