Author: hardcoal

Michael Hewitt is the Program Manager for EPCAMR and has worked in several capacities for the organization since 2001. For more information please visit his biography page.

Environmental Good Samaritan Legislation and Funding

Two bills were introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives last week, related to “Environmental Good Samaritan Legislation”: H.R. 3843 (Rep. Doug Lamborn), To authorize for a 7-year period of the collection of claim location and maintenance fees, and for other purposes; Also known as the ‘‘Locatable Minerals Claim Location and Maintenance…

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PA DEP seeks Feedback

by Anne Daymut, WPCAMR Watershed Coordinator The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) is giving the abandoned mine reclamation community an opportunity to provide feedback on your interactions with the department regarding abandoned mine issues since PA DEP’s reorganization in 2011. Since the reorganization, the PA DEP’s abandoned mine…

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