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Mission Statement: “The general purpose of the organization [EPCAMR] is to encourage the reclamation and redevelopment of land affected by past mining practices. This includes reducing hazards to health and safety, eliminating soil erosion, improving water quality, [and] returning land affected by past mining practices to productive use, thereby improving the economy of the region.” -from the Preamble of the EPCAMR Bylaws.
Incorporation Date: January 15, 1997
Formed in 1995 by concerned conservation districts, EPCAMR represents a coalition of watershed organizations and reclamation partners. Members range from individuals to the active anthracite mining industry and co-generation power plants, to non-profit organizations, 16 county conservation districts, and other organizations in the anthracite and bituminous coal region of eastern Pennsylvania that are involved with abandoned mine reclamation issues. Counties covered by EPCAMR in Northeastern and North Central PA include: Bradford, Carbon, Columbia, Dauphin, Lackawanna, Lebanon, Luzerne, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne, and Wyoming. As of the last census (2020), the population we serve equates to approximately 1.7 million people. David Svab, Recent Graduate from Penn-State’s Environmental Engineering Program from Laflin, PA Joins EPCAMR as a late Summer/Fall Watershed Outreach Intern
David Svab calls Northeastern Pennsylvania his home, spending his entire life, except for the time spent at Penn State University, in the foothills of the anthracite coal fields. He attended Coughlin High School in the Wilkes-Barre Area School District, where he took a variety of course work to prepare him…
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PLANTS GRANT $45,000 TOWARD IMPROVEMENT-REMEDIATION OF ABANDONED MINE LANDS (AML) AND ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD)
Celebrating over 24 Years of Environmentally Beneficial Alternative Energy Production CAMP HILL – ARIPPA’s Executive Director, Jeff A McNelly, reported today that ARIPPA plant members have collectively donated over $45,000 to various deserving volunteer watershed and conservancy groups actively battling Pennsylvania’s largest environmental problem. The Anthracite Region Independent Power Producer’s…
EPCAMR is a non-profit, non-government, non-partisan public charity dedicated to:
- Reducing health and safety hazards, eliminating soil erosion, improving water quality and endorsing the reclamation of abandoned mine lands to productive uses in the region, there by improving the economy.
- Promoting the spirit of cooperation among all parties with an interest in resolving abandoned mine drainage / abandoned mine land problems
- Serving as a liaison among the various governmental agencies (federal, state, and local), watershed associations, industry, and conservationists with a common goal of abandoned mine reclamation
- Encouraging the remining and reclamation of lands, streams, and resources impacted by mining
- Educating, informing, and involving the public with mine drainage and mine reclamation issues
- Seeking and acquiring available sources of funding for restoration, reclamation, education and assessment projects
- Providing assistance in developing watershed associations and coalitions interested in abandoned mine reclamation issues