“Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization grants offer opportunities for economic revitalization, community development and the creation of good-paying jobs to some of the hardest hit communities across America,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Laura Daniel-Davis. “The grants address long-standing hazards and environmental degradation in coal communities to provide clean, livable surroundings to the families who have helped power our nation.”
The federal AMLER program is also a pilot program for the President’s Justice40 Initiative, which commits to delivering 40 percent of the benefits of certain climate and clean energy investments to disadvantaged communities.
This funding is in addition to the regular federal mine reclamation and federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding.
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(Photos: Little Conemaugh River before and after mine drainage treatment projects.)
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[Posted: May 18, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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