Category: North Dakota

Share Interior Announces More Than $170 Million in Conservation Funding for States and Tribes to Reclaim and Repurpose Abandoned Coal Mines

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt today announced the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation grants through the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE). A total of $170.9 million in grants will be provided this year for states and tribes to reclaim and repurpose abandoned coal lands. […]

PSC Receives High Marks on Federal Review of Coal Regulatory and Abandoned Mine Lands Program

North Dakota

BISMARCK, ND – The North Dakota Public Service Commission’s Coal Regulatory and Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Program recently received results from its annual federal evaluation. The evaluation conducted by the federal Office of Surface Mining (OSM) Reclamation and Enforcement concluded that no issues or concerns were raised and that the PSC “has effective and efficient […]

Bowman’s Halleck Mine reclamation snags top award

North Dakota

It wasn’t too long ago that a sizable chunk of earth in Bowman County randomly opened up and nearly swallowed its surroundings. It would soon become one woman’s job to ensure that the vulnerable plot of land, a former coal mine, would never again pose a danger. – Read More –