Kentucky’s Labor Cabinet filed paperwork in bankruptcy court in Charleston, West Virginia on Oct. 17 to allow them to pursue money owed to the state.

The largest of the two fines asks Blackjewel to pay $705,000. The company employed 705 people to operate mines in Kentucky, which is where the state got the amount of $705,000.

Tuesday afternoon a judge responded to the motion saying that “good faith” negotiations had begun taking place between the two parties.

The hearing for the motion would have been Wednesday at 2:00 p.m., but it has since been moved to November 13 to allow negotiations to continue.