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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. 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…
The 15th Anniversary PA AMR Conference Deemed a Huge Success!
The 15th Anniversary PA AMR Conference has been deemed a huge success by it’s Conference Planning Committee and from the written surveys of those who attended. The Pre-Conference Workshop at the Civil Engineering Lodge in Stone Valley, sponsored by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC), was exceptionally informative and provided tech savvy…
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