PA Environment Digest Blog: Deadline Change: DEP Accepting Applications For Next Round Of Local Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project Grants Until Nov. 8

The Department of Environmental Protection set a new deadline to apply for the third and final round of applications this year for abandoned mine reclamation and mine drainage treatment local project grants.

The new deadline is November 8. (formal notice)

Funding for these grants is provided by the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Eligible applicants include county or municipal governments; county conservation districts; councils of government; municipal authorities; and nonprofit organizations.

Projects eligible for a grant through the AML/AMD Grant Program must reclaim or enhance AML sites posing a threat to the environment and/or public health and safety as specified in SMCRA.

Sites must be determined eligible by the BAMR, entered into both Pennsylvania’s and OSMRE’s AML inventory systems, and, in most cases, be associated with a coal mine that was abandoned prior to August 3, 1977.

The application document and attachments must be completed and uploaded into the Commonwealth’s eGrants system by the application deadline

For assistance with the eGrants System please contact the Department of Community and Economic Development’s Customer Service Center by email at ra-dcedcs@pa.gov or by phone at 1.800.379.7448.

For more information, read the entire PA Bulletin notice.

For all the details, visit DEP’s AML/AMD Grant Program webpage. [Note: The program webpage is NOT correct on the deadline, according to the PA Bulletin notice.]

NewsClips - Watersheds:

-- WNEP: Watershed Specialists In Susquehanna County Raising Awareness Of Riparian Stream Buffers

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Earth Conservancy Receives $17.5 Million DEP Federal Abandoned Mine Lands Grant For Restoration Of Nanticoke Creek

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Thumbs Up To Nanticoke Creek Watershed Restoration Project

-- LancasterOnline: Conewago, Conowingo, Pequea Creek Watersheds Gain State Funds For Pollution Cleanup

-- Reading Eagle: Native Trees Given Away In Berks County As Part Of 10 Million Trees Project

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Nonprofits Expand Tree Planting Efforts

-- TribLive: Youngsters From Monroeville School Contribute To Greenway Reforestation In Allegheny County

-- Public News Service: Halfmoon, Pequea Creek Restoration Projects Aim To Restore Watershed Health

-- LancasterOnline: 80 PA Farms Eligible For Conservation Practices Grants, Including Lancaster County Poultry Farms

-- WHYY: DCNR Program Helps Residents, Businesses Convert Lawns To Meadows

-- Republican Herald: DEP Awards Grants To 2 Projects In Schuylkill County For Restoring Health Of Local Watersheds