Program: abandoned mined lands (AML) program (title IV) economic revitalization programaward purpose: the consolidated appropriations act, 2023 (PUB

Active Formula Grant Awarded Last action

Award ID
S24AF00016
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$10,489,333

Award facts

Assistance listing
15.252 Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR)
Completion date 79% complete
Place of performance
Virginia, USA

Award details come from USAspending.gov.

Description

As the agency reported it.

Activities
Virginia AML programs, in consultation with state tribal, local economic, and community development authorities, must develop eligible projects that demonstrate a nexus with AML land and water reclamation, and economic and community development. The amler program is an opportunity for local communities and virginia to return impacted areas to productive reuse, which should be defined by the states tribes in cooperation with local communities, to achieve the economic and community development goals identified for the community and or region.expected deliverables or outcomes: abatement of AML P1, P2 and P3 features and treatment of acid mine drainage (AMD), as well as providing potable water to communities with degraded drinking water supplies due to pre-law mining, results in overall improvement to the quality of life for citizens living in coalfield communities. The primary long-term benefit of AML reclamation activities in general is the permanent elimination of documented human health and safety hazards and the abatement of environmental problems which resulted from the past mining of coal. Long-term benefits also include improvements in aesthetics, topography, hydrology, and land use. Projects will specifically target the benefits to the local community and economic development which may result from the AML restored areas that can be put into productive uses for outdoor recreation reforestation carbon sequestration farming or livestock or can be developed for commercial or industrial purposes.
Intended beneficiaries
Environmental restoration and AMD treatment improve property values and quality of life which, in turn, improve population retention, job retention, hunting fishing tourism and many other opportunities to improve the local economy.subrecipient activities (if known or specified at time of award): N a

Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Amendment -$1,250,000
Original award $11,739,333

Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
Town Of Pound Project Mainstreet will begin with the reclamation of the Church Street Landslide. The Church Street Landslide is directly behind the People’s Bank of Pound… $500,000
Lonesome Pine Regional Industrial Facilities Authority The LPRIFA proposes to use AMLER funds to design and construct approximately 2,300 linear feet +/- of new two-lane access road from PI’s Pad 4 (EarthLink)… $4,750,000
Virginia Department Of Wildlife Resources To purchase a perpetual public access easement on 61,799 acres currently owned by Cumberland Forest Highlands LLC (CFH). $2,750,000
Town Of Richlands The Town of Richlands is purchasing, installing, and implementing the use of the Solar Mercury 50 natural gas-fired turbine and generator. This gas-fired… $2,000,000

Quick answers

Who received award S24AF00016?

S24AF00016 was awarded to The Virginia Department Of Energy by Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (Department of the Interior) on July 1, 2024.

How much is award S24AF00016 worth?

$10,489,333 has been obligated on S24AF00016.

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