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CWP and Workers Comp - Net Periodic Costs
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
CWP And Workers Comp Net Periodic Cost [Abstract]  
Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis (CWP) and Workers' Compensation:
COMPONENTS OF COAL WORKERS’ PNEUMOCONIOSIS (CWP) AND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION NET PERIODIC BENEFIT COSTS:
Components of net periodic costs (benefits) for the three months ended March 31 are as follows:
 
 
CWP
 
Workers' Compensation
 
Three Months Ended
 
Three Months Ended
 
March 31,
 
March 31,
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
Service cost
$
2,135

 
$
1,928

 
$
3,533

 
$
3,634

Interest cost
1,808

 
1,991

 
1,655

 
1,778

Amortization of actuarial gain
(4,213
)
 
(4,934
)
 
(699
)
 
(986
)
State administrative fees and insurance bond premiums
—

 
—

 
1,659

 
1,910

Legal and administrative costs
—

 
—

 
591

 
648

Net periodic (benefit) cost
$
(270
)
 
$
(1,015
)
 
$
6,739

 
$
6,984



CONSOL Energy does not expect to contribute to the CWP plan in 2013. We intend to pay benefit claims as they become due. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, $2,698 of CWP benefit claims have been paid.
CONSOL Energy does not expect to contribute to the workers’ compensation plan in 2013. We intend to pay benefit claims as they become due. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, $8,640 of workers’ compensation benefits, state administrative fees and surety bond premiums have been paid.