{"id":3791,"date":"2014-09-20T00:56:34","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T04:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/?p=3791"},"modified":"2014-09-20T00:56:34","modified_gmt":"2014-09-20T04:56:34","slug":"epcamr-awards-3-mini-grants-to-regional-projects-through-donated-funds-from-arippa-totaling-2500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/2014\/epcamr-awards-3-mini-grants-to-regional-projects-through-donated-funds-from-arippa-totaling-2500\/","title":{"rendered":"EPCAMR Awards 3 Mini-Grants to Regional Projects through Donated Funds from ARIPPA totaling $2500"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Anthracite Region Independent Power Producers Association\u2019s (ARIPPA) Executive Director, Jeff A McNelly, reported that <a href=\"http:\/\/arippa.org\">ARIPPA<\/a>\u00a0plant members have collectively donated over $50,000 to various deserving volunteer watershed and conservancy groups actively battling Pennsylvania\u2019s largest environmental problem\u2026AML and AMD over the last 5 years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3700\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3700\" data-attachment-id=\"3700\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/2014\/alternative-energy-co-generation-plants-donate-a-combined-50k-to-coalitions-over-the-last-5-years\/lunch-check-presentation\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Lunch-Check-Presentation.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1408538160&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Check Presentation\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Robert Hughes-EPCAMR Executive Director and Andy McAllister-WPCAMR Regional Coordinator accept the $5000 check from ARIPPA&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Robert Hughes-EPCAMR Executive Director and Andy McAllister-WPCAMR Regional Coordinator accept the $5000 check from ARIPPA&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Lunch-Check-Presentation-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3700\" src=\"http:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Lunch-Check-Presentation-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Hughes-EPCAMR Executive Director and Andy McAllister-WPCAMR Regional Coordinator accept the $5000 check from ARIPPA\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Lunch-Check-Presentation-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Lunch-Check-Presentation-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Hughes-EPCAMR Executive Director and Andy McAllister-WPCAMR Regional Coordinator accept the $5000 check from ARIPPA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>ARIPPA awarded $5,000 in August at their Annual Awards Luncheon and $45,000 in the past to watershed organizations performing Abandoned Mine Land (AML) and\/or Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) remediation improvements that are partners of EPCAMR and <a href=\"http:\/\/amrclearinghouse.org\">WPCAMR<\/a>. Award recipients have included: Allegheny Valley Land Trust, Altman Run-Watershed, Babb Creek Watershed, Blackleggs Creek Watershed, Chestnut Ridge Chapter Trout Unlimited, Clearfield Creek Watershed, Earth Conservancy, Eastern Middle Anthracite Region Recovery, Evergreen Conservancy, Huber Breaker Preservation Society, Lackawanna River Corridor Association, Loyalsock Creek Watershed, Luzerne Conservation District, Mehoopany Creek Watershed Association, Plymouth Historical Society, Schuylkill Headwaters Association, Sewickley Creek Watershed, and the Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Awards are granted under the guidance and administration of Eastern and Western Pennsylvania Coalitions for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR and WPCAMR respectively). EPCAMR and WPCAMR are the two leading, regional environmental non-profit associations organized to encourage the reclamation, remediation, and redevelopment of lands and streams impacted by past mining practices. \u201cEPCAMR and WPCAMR oversee the solicitation of proposals each year, review them, recommend them for awards, and then provide the selected award winners with checks following the ARIPPA Annual Awards Luncheon in August. Each year we publicize the request for applications a few times a year and usually look forward to at least 4-6 applications knowing that we only $2500 per Coalition to distribute. It\u2019s a very simple application process. I\u2019m surprised there aren\u2019t more applications, honestly. Hopefully in 2015, we\u2019ll get more. If you don\u2019t ask, you don\u2019t get. That hasn\u2019t stopped us from redistributing the donation from ARIPPA at all. 100% of the funding goes out each and every year and we are proud of the projects that we can support on the ground in partnership with ARIPPA,\u201d stated Robert E. Hughes, EPCAMR Executive Director. ARIPPA is also represented on the EPCAMR Board of Directors as an Industry Trade Association representative.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 3 EPCAMR Award Winning Projects for 2014 are as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>$ 1300<\/strong> will go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/growinggreener.info\/success_stories\/23\">Babb Creek Watershed Association<\/a> (BCWA) for the cost of 1 of the 2 replacement stainless steel runners that are needed for the Antrim AMD MicroHydroPower Treatment Plant.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3793\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3793\" data-attachment-id=\"3793\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/2014\/epcamr-awards-3-mini-grants-to-regional-projects-through-donated-funds-from-arippa-totaling-2500\/antrim-corroded-runner\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Antrim-Corroded-Runner.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"480,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1404299136&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Antrim Corroded Runner\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Corroded Runner at the Antrim MicroHydro Turbine AMD Treatment Plant&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Corroded Runner at the Antrim MicroHydro Turbine AMD Treatment Plant&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Antrim-Corroded-Runner.jpeg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3793\" src=\"http:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Antrim-Corroded-Runner-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Corroded Runner at the Antrim MicroHydro Turbine AMD Treatment Plant\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Antrim-Corroded-Runner-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Antrim-Corroded-Runner.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corroded Runner at the Antrim MicroHydro Turbine AMD Treatment Plant<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3794\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3794\" data-attachment-id=\"3794\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/2014\/epcamr-awards-3-mini-grants-to-regional-projects-through-donated-funds-from-arippa-totaling-2500\/antrim-runner-at-installatin\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Antrim-Runner-at-installatin.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.65&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SAMSUNG-SGH-I777&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;?????????????&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1334225340&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.97&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;3&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Antrim Runner at Installation\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;New Runner at the Antrim MicroHydro Turbine AMD Treatment Plant&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;New Runner at the Antrim MicroHydro Turbine AMD Treatment Plant&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Antrim-Runner-at-installatin.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3794\" src=\"http:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Antrim-Runner-at-installatin-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"New Runner at the Antrim MicroHydro Turbine AMD Treatment Plant\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Runner at the Antrim MicroHydro Turbine AMD Treatment Plant<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>$ 700<\/strong> will be administered by EPCAMR on behalf of a group of volunteers led by Joe Sapienza Jr., Director of a recent short documentary on Centralia, who sought EPCAMR\u2019s technical assistance to coordinate a large illegal dumpsite cleanup effort, called <a href=\"http:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/2014\/clean-up-centralia-epcamr-assesses-trash-problem-in-americas-lost-town-for-october-25th-2014-cleanup\/\">Cleanup Centralia!<\/a> on October 25<sup>th<\/sup>, 2014 this Fall to fund the hauling of waste and debris from three locations in and around Centralia, Byrnesville, and along Big Mine Run Road. Cleanup supplies, shovels, rakes, grass seed, wildflower mix, and NO DUMPING signs will also be picked up and housed with EPCAMR.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3660\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3660\" data-attachment-id=\"3660\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/2014\/clean-up-centralia-epcamr-assesses-trash-problem-in-americas-lost-town-for-october-25th-2014-cleanup\/10563043_10152625643289095_8512315672568390424_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/10563043_10152625643289095_8512315672568390424_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Illegal Dump Pile in Centralia\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Illegal Dump Pile in Centralia near the Odd Fellows Cemetery that will be one of the sites cleaned up on October 25th&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Illegal Dump Pile in Centralia near the Odd Fellows Cemetery that will be one of the sites cleaned up on October 25th&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/10563043_10152625643289095_8512315672568390424_n.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3660\" src=\"http:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/10563043_10152625643289095_8512315672568390424_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Illegal Dump Pile in Centralia near the Odd Fellows Cemetery that will be one of the sites cleaned up on October 25th\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/10563043_10152625643289095_8512315672568390424_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/10563043_10152625643289095_8512315672568390424_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illegal Dump Pile in Centralia near the Odd Fellows Cemetery that will be one of the sites cleaned up on October 25th<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>$ \u00a0500<\/strong> will go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/mehoopanycreek.org\/index.htm\">Mehoopany Creek Watershed Association<\/a> (MCWA)\u00a0for the purchase of 17 Tons of limestone sand to treat the acidic conditions of the South Branch Mehoopany Creek that will be placed in the Spring of 2015 ahead of the melt of from the Winter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3795\" style=\"width: 248px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3795\" data-attachment-id=\"3795\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/2014\/epcamr-awards-3-mini-grants-to-regional-projects-through-donated-funds-from-arippa-totaling-2500\/rockveinmehoopanycreek\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/RockVeinMehoopanyCreek.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"238,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix Z33WP&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1242022810&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00238095238095&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RockVeinMehoopanyCreek\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Rock Vein Construction on Mehoopany Creek&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Rock Vein Construction on Mehoopany Creek&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/RockVeinMehoopanyCreek.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3795\" src=\"http:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/RockVeinMehoopanyCreek.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Vein Construction on Mehoopany Creek\" width=\"238\" height=\"144\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rock Vein Construction on Mehoopany Creek<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3796\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3796\" data-attachment-id=\"3796\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/2014\/epcamr-awards-3-mini-grants-to-regional-projects-through-donated-funds-from-arippa-totaling-2500\/sbrnbrconfluencemehoopanycreek\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SBrNBrconfluenceMehoopanyCreek.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SBrNBrconfluenceMehoopanyCreek\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Confluence of the S. Branch and N. Branch of the Mehoopany Creek that will benefit from the limestone sand dosing.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Confluence of the S. Branch and N. Branch of the Mehoopany Creek that will benefit from the limestone sand dosing.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SBrNBrconfluenceMehoopanyCreek.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3796\" src=\"http:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SBrNBrconfluenceMehoopanyCreek-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Confluence of the S. Branch and N. Branch of the Mehoopany Creek that will benefit from the limestone sand dosing\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SBrNBrconfluenceMehoopanyCreek-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SBrNBrconfluenceMehoopanyCreek.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Confluence of the S. Branch and N. Branch of the Mehoopany Creek that will benefit from the limestone sand dosing<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Watershed protection and abandoned mine land reclamation are two of the fastest growing areas of community-based collaboration in the Commonwealth of PA. Throughout the country, watershed groups are playing an increasingly prominent role in environmental management. Remediation projects are costly and long-term endeavors with costs averaging between $10-20,000 per acre, according to the Pennsylvania Mining Reclamation Advisory Board. The ARIPPA Reclamation Awards partnership with EPCAMR\/WPCAMR are designed to help watershed groups and community groups continue their volunteer efforts toward improving our environment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Organized in 1988, ARIPPA is a non-profit trade association representing alternative energy plants that remove coal refuse from AML areas, convert it into alternative energy, and beneficially utilize the ash by-product to reclaim thousands of acres of mine-scarred lands and hundreds of miles of formerly dead streams back to their natural state; without any expenditure of tax dollars. To date over 212 million tons of coal refuse has been converted into alternative energy by member plants. Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) technology (one of the cleanest methods available today) is used to convert coal refuse into electricity and an alkaline-rich ash by-products utilized for decades in a highly regulated, safe, and beneficial manner to: fill and reclaim unsafe, abandoned mine lands; to remediate streams damaged by acid mine drainage; amend soil at mining sites, and serve as an additive in concrete\/asphalt for construction and roadways.<\/p>\n<p>The unique nature of ARIPPA&#8217;s environmental efforts combined with the desire to coordinate these efforts with \u201chands-on\u201d environmentally oriented groups and governmental agencies symbolizes its commitment to improving our nation\u2019s landscape and environment.<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Anthracite Region Independent Power Producers Association\u2019s (ARIPPA) Executive Director, Jeff A McNelly, reported that ARIPPA\u00a0plant members have collectively donated over $50,000 to various deserving volunteer watershed and conservancy groups actively battling Pennsylvania\u2019s largest environmental problem\u2026AML and AMD over the last 5 years. &nbsp; ARIPPA awarded $5,000 in August at\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/2014\/epcamr-awards-3-mini-grants-to-regional-projects-through-donated-funds-from-arippa-totaling-2500\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[393,34,362,396,376,397,395,394,374,105,75],"class_list":["post-3791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-antrim","tag-arippa","tag-centralia","tag-cleanup","tag-illegal-dump-site-cleanups","tag-limestone-sand-dosing","tag-mehoopany-creek","tag-microhydro-turbine","tag-mine-fire","tag-reclamation","tag-remediation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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