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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. […]

Wyoming DEQ Planning Abandoned Mine Mitigation Project near Glenrock

Uncategorized, Wyoming

The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality plans to begin filling abandoned underground mines in the Glenrock area with grout. -Read More-

Watch your step: Another ‘mine’ sinkhole pops up on east side of Du Quoin

Illinois

Doug Hill got called out to Smith Avenue last Wednesday night, when Du Quoin police saw a suspicious dip in the pavement. Hill, Du Quoin’s streets superintendent, knew a sinkhole when he saw one. He left and quickly returned with a laborer and a backhoe. -Read More-

Work to extinguish mine fire set to begin

Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced work to extinguish the 14-year-old Dolph Mine Fire in Olyphant will begin this spring. The project will eliminate a public health hazard that contributes to air pollution in the area. -Read More-

Oklahoma Conservation Commission Works To Reclaim Abandoned Coal Mines

Oklahoma

ROGERS COUNTY, Oklahoma – The Federal Government is helping Oklahoma clean up abandoned coal mines to make them safe. – Read More –

Paintsville Utilities details project for $4 million AML grant

Kentucky

The Paintsville Utilities Commission recently received a $4 million grant from the Abandoned Mine Lands Economic and Community Development Pilot Program, as announced at the annual Shaping Our Appalachian Region Summit in Pikeville last week. – Read More –

House subcommittee told of the benefits of AML, RECLAIM

Kentucky

The federal RECLAIM Act, legislation to boost economic transition efforts in the nation’s coal communities by accelerating the release of $1 billion for mine reclamation projects tied to local economic development efforts, is expected to be re-introduced in the new Congress in mid-April. – Read More –

$34.4M in Abandoned Mine Land grants to 14 Eastern Kentucky counties will support economic development

Kentucky

PIKEVILLE, Ky. — U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers and Gov. Matt Bevin announced Friday 20 grants totaling $34.4 million to spur economic development and job creation in Eastern Kentucky. – Read More –

Dickenson County PSA grant ceremony today in Haysi

Virginia

The event is the kickoff of the first of 10 pilot projects under the 2018 Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy’s Abandoned Mine Land Program, which “promises economic development for the entire region,” Tuesday’s announcement stated. -Read More-

Energy and Environment Cabinet recognizes state environmental award winners at annual conference

Kentucky

Smith Brothers Excavating, of Manchester, which was honored with the Excellence in Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Award, given by the Kentucky Division of Abandoned Mine Lands, for its reclamation project that demonstrated that mining can be completed and the area returned to a condition that is equal to or better than what existed before. The […]