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Reclaiming Our Communities: Opportunities for the Future
John StefankoDeputy Secretary
AMR Conference – State CollegeJune 26, 2015
Tom Wolf, Governor John Quigley, Secretary
DEP – Office of Active and Abandoned Mine Operations
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• What We Have Accomplished‒ Acid Mine Drainage‒ Health and Safety Hazards‒ Mine Fires
• Upcoming Projects• Funding Issues
Overview
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Kiskiminetas-Conemaugh TMDL Watershed
Saint Michaels
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Construction of the St. Michael AMD Treatment Plant
Saint Michaels
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Saint Michaels
Little Conemaugh River at Mineral Point
Before After
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Fall Brook Treatment and Restoration ProjectFall Brook Project
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Health and Safety Hazards
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Jay Township, Elk County – 56 Acres, Completed August 2014 for $706,408
Weedville Project
Before After
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Coal Run Project
Bridgeville Borough, Allegheny County – 0.3 Acres, Completed May 2014 for $336,979
Before After
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Foster Township, Luzerne County – 63 Acres, Completed in January 2015 for $2,230,933
Green Mountain Project
Before After
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Coal Township, Northumberland County – 86 Acres, Completed April 2014 for $1,384,634
Boyers Knob Lookout Project
Before After
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Mine Fires
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Fell Township, Lackawanna County – 17.6 Acres, Completed May 2014 for $2,180,130
Simpson Northeast Project
Before After
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Nicholson Township, Fayette County – 12.4 Acres, Completed September 2014 for $1,090,319
Rocks Works Project
Before After
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• AML funds received by Pennsylvania: $1,130,174,035
• Fees from industry: $554,379,305 (FY 1978 to FY 2014)
• 67,193 reclaimed acres (OSM’s GRPA method)
AML Program Accomplishments
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Upcoming Projects
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Carbondale, Lackawanna County – 108 Acres, Projected Completion is December 2017, Bid $8,947,732
Powderly Mine Fire Project
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Croyle and East Taylor townships and Ehrenfeld Borough, Cambria County – 242.5 Acres, Details To Be Determined
Ehrenfeld Project
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Cooper Township, Clearfield County – 91 Acres, Details To Be Determined
Weber Run South Project
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Cooper Township, Clearfield County – 170 Acres, Details To Be Determined
South Peale Project
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Plum Borough, Allegheny County – 20 Acres, Details To Be Determined
Renton Mine Fire Project
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• Power Plus Plan• Appropriations Bill Proposal• Reauthorization
Funding Issues