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

The Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement awarded the Navajo Nation Tribal Government $1.661 million on April 1, 2026, under the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR) Program (CFDA 15.252), a formula grant funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

The funding supports reclamation of eligible coal-mined lands within Navajo Nation jurisdiction in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Covered activities include closure of dangerous mine openings, acid mine drainage treatment, groundwater remediation, equipment acquisition, and support services directly identified in the Nation's approved reclamation plan, as well as costs to develop amendments to that plan. Work addresses legacy coal mining hazards including dangerous highwalls, waste piles, subsidence, and open portals that pose threats to public health, safety, and the environment.

The award obligates $1.661 million with a period of performance from April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2031. This represents the Navajo Nation's allocation from the approximately $10.873 billion distributed nationally under IIJA to eligible states and tribes over a 15-year period for abandoned mine reclamation.

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: WWW.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. 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