The Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement awarded a $426,238 Cooperative Agreement to the Sewickley Creek Watershed Association (SCWA) under the Not-for-Profit, Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Reclamation - Watershed Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 15.253). The funding will support continued operation and maintenance of the Brinkerton Mine Drainage Treatment System, which was constructed in 2008 to remove iron from mine drainage and improve water quality in...
The Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement awarded a $259,750 Cooperative Agreement to the Western Pennsylvania Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation (WPCAMR), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, under the Not-for-Profit AMD Reclamation - Watershed Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA #15.253). The funding will supplement WPCAMR's ongoing "Quick Response" program, which provides emergency repair assistance for abandoned mine drainage...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $359,970 was issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement under the Not-for-Profit, Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Reclamation - Watershed Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 15.253). The award recipient, Save The Tygart Watershed Association Inc., a non-profit organization, will use the funding to continue the North Portal project focused on remediating AMD impacts in Roaring Creek, West Virginia....
This $199,994 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement will fund research to optimize dewatering of acid mine drainage treatment sludges through December 2025. The work falls under the Science and Technology Projects Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation program (CFDA 15.255), which aims to develop improved science-based technologies to address environmental restoration topics associated with coal mining. Specifically, the...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) under the Science and Technology Projects Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation program (CFDA 15.255) provides funding to West Virginia University Research Corporation to develop and demonstrate an integrated pilot-scale solid-phase extraction process for recovering critical minerals from acid mine drainage. The $200,000 award, effective from October 1, 2024...
The University of Pittsburgh will receive $199,999 from the Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement under the Science and Technology Projects Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation program (CFDA 15.255) from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2024. The Cooperative Agreement will support development of a scalable method for efficient extraction of rare earth elements and yttrium from acidic mine drainage through collaborative research involving geochemical...
The Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement awarded the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection a $25 million Formula Grant under the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR) program (CFDA 15.252) to reclaim abandoned mine lands in conjunction with economic and community development activities from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Under the award, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will partner with state, tribal and...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement (Grant ID# S24AC00047) to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The grant is funded through the OSMRE's Applied Science Program (CFDA# 15.255) and supports a two-year project to develop and demonstrate effective, sustainable reclamation technologies for revegetation and stabilization of lands affected by surface coal mining. Key activities under...
The Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement awarded $26,630,000 to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection under the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR) program (CFDA 15.252) to address environmental hazards and community development opportunities associated with abandoned mine lands in Pennsylvania from November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2025. The grant will fund reclamation of abandoned mine lands to accelerate cleanup and support...
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement awarded Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University $200,000 under the Science and Technology Projects Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation federal grant program (CFDA 15.255) from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025. The award will support Virginia Tech's development, optimization, and validation of an innovative acid mine drainage sludge dewatering process circuit consisting of lime neutralization, precipitate flotation, and...