Pass the RECLAIM Act and the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2019

It was just over a year ago today that I had written to several Letters to the Editor about the need for the passage of the HR 2156 (The RECLAIM Act) which now has 65 co-sponsors led by PA Congressman Cartwright within Congress to expedite funding for the reclamation, redevelopment,…

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Salazar & Pizarchik Announce $485 Million in Grants to States and Tribes to Clean Up Abandoned Coal Mines

December 2011 – Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, and Office of Surface Mining (OSM) Reclamation and Enforcement Director, Joe Pizarchik, announced that nearly half a billion dollars in grants will be allotted to states and tribes working to eliminate health and safety hazards caused by past coal mining. This year’s…

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