Edgar Filing: WHITMIRE JOHN L

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

WHITMIRE JOHN L

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CONSOL Energy Inc [CNX]

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

__X__ Director	_____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

1000 CONSOL ENERGY DRIVE

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/08/2009

(Street)

CANONSBURG, PA 15317

4. If Amendment, Date 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

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Phantom Stock (including dividend equivalent rights)

⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾

05/08/2009

627

⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾

Common shares, $0.01 par value per share

627

$ 39.93

34,396

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
WHITMIRE JOHN L 1000 CONSOL ENERGY DRIVE CANONSBURG, PA 15317	X

Signatures

/s/ John Whitmire by Stephanie Gill, his attorney-in-fact		05/12/2009
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The 627 shares of phantom stock represent the deferral of one quarter of the reporting person's annual payment for Board service for the 2008-2009 Board year and are deferred under CONSOL Energy Inc.'s (the "Company's") 1999 Director Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended (the "Deferred Compensation Plan"). Each share of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company. The shares of phantom stock are payable in cash and generally only after the reporting person is no longer a member of the Company's board of directors.
(2)	The 627 shares of phantom stock are in addition to the shares of phantom stock previously held by the reporting person in the Deferred Compensation Plan. An adjustment of ten additional shares has been made to the total number of shares of phantom stock directly held by the reporting person. The adjustment is being made to reconcile a rounding discrepancy between what was reported previously and the actual number of shares of phantom stock as determined by a recent review of the Company's records.

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