Data from the East Kalimantan Office of Mining and Energy as of December 2015 reveals a haphazard system of issuing coal mining permits. Of the 856 commercial mining permit holders, only 338 have submitted their required mine reclamation guarantee funds. In fact, under mining regulations, a full reclamation guarantee for a mine's first five years of operations must be provided once the government approves the plan for reclaiming a company's void pi