Western Pennsylvania Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation

Western Pennsylvania Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation is a non-profit organization that serves 24 counties in the bituminous coal region of Western Pennsylvania. The organization assists with the construction and administration of acid mine drainage treatment systems across the state to remediate the environmental impacts of abandoned mines.

Through various cooperative agreements and grants from the Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Western Pennsylvania Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation has administered funding and provided fiscal oversight for acid mine drainage pipeline construction projects, emergency repairs of treatment systems, and installation of new treatment infrastructure utilizing terraced iron formations, vertical flow ponds, and anoxic limestone drains. The organization has also received Watershed Cooperative Agreement Program grants to restore streams affected by acid mine drainage. Additionally, as a subrecipient of Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management Program funds from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the Coalition has worked to implement structural and non-structural best management practices to address waters impaired by abandoned mine drainage. Key partners have included county conservation districts, non-profit treatment system operators, and state environmental agencies.