The Alabama Department of Workforce, doing business as Workers Compensation, received a $11,727,093.04 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). The grant will fund AML reclamation activities in Alabama as described in the state's approved reclamation plan, including closing dangerous mine openings, treating acid mine drainage, restoring degraded...
The Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement awarded a $10,652,000 Formula Grant to the Alabama Department of Labor, doing business as Workers Compensation, under the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation Program (CFDA 15.252). The purpose of this 5-year grant is to reclaim abandoned mine lands in Alabama and support related economic and community development initiatives. Key activities include the abatement of priority 1, 2, and 3 AML features, treatment...
The Alabama Department of Labor will receive $10 million through a Formula Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement under the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR) Program. The AMLR Program, identified by CFDA #15.252, aims to address hazards from past coal mining practices and restore abandoned mine lands. Through this award with a completion date of June 2027, the Alabama Department of Labor will work to reclaim and restore lands...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), under the Regulation of Surface Coal Mining and Surface Effects of Underground Coal Mining program (CFDA 15.250), provides $3,733,060.00 to the Surface Mining Commission Alabama to administer and enforce the state's approved regulatory program for surface coal mining activities. The grant funds activities that directly support Alabama's coal mining regulatory program,...
The Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement awarded a $3.45 million Project Grant to the Surface Mining Commission Alabama for the period of October 1, 2021 through November 30, 2022. The grant supports the state's administration of its approved regulatory program under the Regulation of Surface Coal Mining and Surface Effects of Underground Coal Mining program (CFDA 15.250). Funds will allow the Commission to regulate surface coal mining operations and...
The Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics awarded a $118,517 cooperative agreement to the Alabama Department of Labor, doing business as Workers Compensation, to support occupational safety and health statistics work from October 1, 2021 through March 14, 2023. Under the agreement, the Alabama Department of Labor will provide data, analysis, and research to improve measurement of employee compensation, work-related injuries, illnesses, and fatalities in Alabama. This work supports the...
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) awarded a $1,699,498 formula grant under the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation Program (CFDA 15.252) to the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). This funding will support ADEQ's efforts to reclaim eligible abandoned coal mine lands and waters within Arkansas, with the goal of protecting public health, safety, and the environment from hazards resulting from legacy coal mining practices. Permissible activities...
This $25.3 million formula grant from the Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) funds the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR) program activities of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection through December 2024. The AMLR program, authorized under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act and identified as CFDA #15.252, prioritizes addressing health and safety hazards and restoring land and water resources degraded by...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $348,006.64 from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (CFDA 17.005 Compensation and Working Conditions) supports the Alabama Department of Workforce (dba Workers Compensation) in collecting, analyzing, and publishing comprehensive data on employee compensation, workplace safety, and labor statistics pursuant to Section 24 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. The one-year award, effective October 1, 2024, enables the state...
This $20,905,326 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 (AML) Reclamation Program (CFDA 15.252) funds the AML reclamation activities of the approved reclamation plan for the state of Wyoming. The grant supports activities to protect public health, safety, and property from adverse effects of coal mining practices, and restore land, water resources, and the environment previously...