ARIPPA AML Reclamation Awards
EPCAMR and WPCAMR have once again partnered with the Appalachian Region Independent Power Producer’s Association (ARIPPA) to offer a competitive award to watershed organizations working on Abandoned Mine Land (AML) and/or Abandoned Mine Drainage (AMD) remediation projects in the Anthracite and Bituminous Regions of PA. Grants, at a maximum of $4,800, will be awarded to...
Webhosting for Member Organizations
EPCAMR Members, Our board has authorized us to begin asking our member nonprofit environment-focused groups in the Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Region if they want EPCAMR to host their website. This means that we will store the files that run your group's website with ours on our Host Gator web server (powered by Texas Wind Energy). We do...
Grant Writing Support
EPCAMR Staff is available to assist local community groups, government, and other nonprofit organizations in seeking funds from various levels of government and private foundations for AML reclamation and AMD remediation projects in the within the EPCAMR Region. Grant Writing Assistance EPCAMR Staff can direct groups to the source(s) of funding that may apply to...
Project Management Assistance
EPCAMR offers project management assistance to groups, such as watershed organizations and local government, that do not have the ability or experience to manage multi-phased construction projects, involving passive AMD treatment systems or AML reclamation projects. EPCAMR Staff is available to aid other organizations through "on-the-ground" work and/or technical assistance on reclamation projects throughout the...
Out of the Box Ideas
No matter how much structure you want, there are always going to be those crazy ideas that actually work! We are creative thinkers here at EPCAMR or aren't afraid to take a chance on someone else's crazy idea or follow a fad. As a small non-profit you have to be innovative with funding or you...
Swoyersville Culm Pile Removal AML Pilot Project
Fact Sheet from the PA Department of Environmental Protection The work to be undertaken involves the removal of 500-thousand tons of coal and rock waste from ~25-acres located off Main Street (aka. “the backroad”) in Swoyersville. The projected total cost of the project is $12-million. The Government Financed Construction Contract (GFCC), which is the actual...
