Program: infrastructure investment and jobs act abandoned mined lands (IIJA AML) program (title IV)award purpose: the infrastructure investment and jobs act (IIJA) (PUB

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) received a $4.85 million formula grant from the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) under the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR) Program (CFDA 15.252). The award, effective November 1, 2025, through October 31, 2030, is funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) appropriation of $11.293 billion authorized for abandoned mine reclamation activities. KDHE will utilize these funds to reclaim eligible coal mining lands in Kansas that were abandoned or inadequately restored prior to August 3, 1977, addressing hazards that pose threats to public health, safety, and the environment.

Deliverables under this formula grant include comprehensive reclamation activities as defined in KDHE's approved reclamation plan, encompassing direct project costs for hazard mitigation, acid mine drainage treatment, groundwater contamination remediation, safe drinking water provision, landscape restoration, and infrastructure development. The award also supports eligible support costs including equipment, support services, and costs associated with reclamation plan amendments. OSMRE distributes approximately $725 million annually across eligible states and tribes over the 15-year IIJA funding period, with distributions on an equal annual basis to support coal AML reclamation priorities established under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.

Activities

Activities include all costs necessary to reclaim eligible lands as defined by smcra and the approved reclamation plan and include costs are for activities directly identified in the approved reclamation plan, support costs including such activities as equipment and support services, and costs to develop an amendment to the approved reclamation plan. Expected deliverables or outcomes: documents related to the oversight of the state program, including deliverables, expected outcomes, and past annual evaluation reports for the state can be found on the osmre website https: odocs.osmre.GOV . Costs must be used for activities directly identified in the approved program. Support costs must be used for the activities identified in the approved program, including such activities as equipment and support services as well as costs to develop an amendment to the approved program.

Intended beneficiaries

States and tribes may use IIJA AML grants to address coal AML problems, including:1.hazards resulting from legacy coal mining that pose a threat to public health, safety, and the environment within their jurisdictions (including, but not limited to, dangerous highwalls, waste piles, subsidence, open portals, features that may be routes for the release of harmful gases, acid mine drainage, etc.) 2.water supply restoration (INFRASTRUCTURE) AND3.coal AML emergencies.subrecipient activities (if known or specified at time of award): N a