SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Hyita Bart J

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

1000 CONSOL ENERGY DRIVE

(Street)

CANONSBURG

15317

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CONSOL ENERGY INC [ CNX ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	Chief Operating Officer - Coal

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/21/2008

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common shares, $0.01 par value per share	02/23/2007		A		5⁽¹⁾	A	$0	14,180⁽¹⁾	D
Common shares, $0.01 par value per share	05/29/2007		A		4⁽¹⁾	A	$0	14,180⁽¹⁾	D
Common shares, $0.01 par value per share	08/27/2007		A		5⁽¹⁾	A	$0	14,180⁽¹⁾	D
Common shares, $0.01 par value per share	11/23/2007		A		5⁽¹⁾	A	$0	14,180⁽¹⁾	D
Common shares, $0.01 par value per share	11/21/2008		A		22⁽²⁾	A	$0	14,293⁽³⁾	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. These 19 shares of stock were credited to the reporting person's investment account by an automatic dividend reinvestment feature that was turned on despite the reporting person's instruction. The dividend reinvestment feature has since been turned off. The 19 shares reported herein have already been included in the reporting person's beneficial ownership total.

2. Represents dividend equivalent rights earned under the Equity Incentive Plan as part of a grant of restricted stock units.

3. Of the 14,293 shares owned by the reporting person, 4,981 are restricted stock units including dividend equivalent rights and 90 are shares of common stock acquired by the reporting person's 401(k) account since August 25, 2008.

	/s/ Bart J. Hyita by Stephanie Gill, his attorney-in-fact	11/25/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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