Cooperative Agreement D17AC00024

The Texas Railroad Commission (TRC) received a $351,317.84 Formula Grant award from the Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) under the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR) program (CFDA 15.252). The award period runs from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022. The AMLR program objectives defined in the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act are to protect public health, safety, and property from extreme danger of adverse effects of past...

The Texas Railroad Commission received a $1,333,333 formula grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) under the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation Program (CFDA 15.252). This grant, funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), will be used by the Texas Railroad Commission to reclaim eligible abandoned coal mining lands and address associated environmental and safety hazards within the state over a...

This is a Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) under the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR) Program (CFDA 15.252). The $11,693,436.56 award provides funding to the Texas Railroad Commission to support activities outlined in Texas' approved AML reclamation plan. This includes costs necessary to reclaim eligible abandoned coal mining lands and waters, such as closing dangerous mine openings, treating acid...

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded a $11,000,000 Project Grant under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to implement a 12-month engineering track foremen inspectors workforce development apprenticeship training program. This program will provide upward mobility training for 25 employees in the pilot class and an additional 35 employees to become engineering track foremen responsible...

The U.S. Department of the Interior awarded a $30,000,000 Project Grant to the Texas Railroad Commission through the Energy Community Revitalization Program (CFDA 15.018) under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The grant funds will be used by the Texas Railroad Commission to plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells on state and private lands within Texas. Key activities include: Plugging and remediating orphaned wells Restoring soil and habitat degraded by orphaned wells...

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe was awarded a $288,635 Project Grant under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750) by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs' Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) Office. The grant will be used to continue developing and enhancing the tribe's sex offender registry office, maintain compliance with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), and...

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) awarded a $1,422,067 Project Grant to the Navajo Nation Tribal Government under the Regulation of Surface Coal Mining and Surface Effects of Underground Coal Mining program (CFDA 15.250). This grant funding will support the administration and enforcement of the Navajo Nation's approved regulatory program for surface coal mining operations, as authorized by the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). Allowable...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program (CFDA 20.325) provides $10,488,617.00 to the Texas Northwestern Railroad to perform construction activities to rehabilitate and upgrade approximately 5.5 miles of track and related infrastructure on the TXNW Etter Lead Track operating between Cactus and Sunray, Texas. The key project deliverables...

The Southern Rail Commission (SRC), a congressionally sanctioned interstate rail compact serving Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi, was awarded a $800,000 Project Grant from the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Interstate Rail Compacts (CFDA 20.328) grant program. This funding will enable the SRC to build administrative, legal, and operations capacity, expand systems planning, promote new and forthcoming passenger rail service, and prepare applications for competitive federal grant...

This formula grant award of $248,711 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 provides funding to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe under the EPA's Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support grant program (CFDA #66.419). The award supports the Tribe's program to maintain, protect, and improve water quality within the Standing Rock Reservation through Oct. 1, 2021-Sept. 30, 2022. Key deliverables include quarterly progress reports, appropriate management of...