{"id":5478,"date":"2016-12-09T10:50:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T15:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/?p=5478"},"modified":"2016-12-09T10:50:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T15:50:13","slug":"without-mcconnell-hope-dimming-mine-cleanup-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/2016\/without-mcconnell-hope-dimming-mine-cleanup-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Without McConnell, Hope Dimming for Mine Cleanup Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Willis\u00a0|\u00a0Deputy Press Secretary for Federal Affairs<br \/>\nSierra Club | 50 F Street, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20001<br \/>\np:\u00a0<u>202.675.2386<\/u>\u00a0|\u00a0c: 202.253.7486\u00a0|\u00a0e:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:rian.willis@sierraclub.org\" target=\"_blank\">brian.<wbr \/>willis@sierraclub.org<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3871\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/SolomonCreekBoreholes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3871\" data-attachment-id=\"3871\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/2014\/amd-environmental-education-pottery-art-program-tours-scheduled-for-greater-nanticoke-areas-4th-5th-grade\/solomoncreekboreholes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/SolomonCreekBoreholes.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"540,405\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-FP3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1398521896&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SolomonCreekBoreholes\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Solomon Creek AMD Boreholes in South Wilkes-Barre&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Solomon Creek AMD Boreholes in South Wilkes-Barre&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/SolomonCreekBoreholes.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3871\" src=\"http:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/SolomonCreekBoreholes-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Solomon Creek AMD Boreholes in South Wilkes-Barre\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/SolomonCreekBoreholes-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/SolomonCreekBoreholes.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Solomon Creek AMD Boreholes in South Wilkes-Barre<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dec. 7 \u2014 Hope has dimmed for a mine cleanup bill that environmental activists have pushed hard for.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"m_-3712826527357347756_m_-8303948852735975490_a0k5p2u6m7\"><\/a>Two factors are dooming the Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More (RECLAIM) Act (H.R. 4456): First, the bill still hasn\u2019t been introduced in the Senate, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) isn\u2019t supporting it.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"m_-3712826527357347756_m_-8303948852735975490_a0k5p2u6m8\"><\/a>Second, only seven legislative days remain in the current session of Congress.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"m_-3712826527357347756_m_-8303948852735975490_a0k5p2u6m9\"><\/a>The bill would provide $1 billion over five years to mining states for land cleanup. The money would come from the existing Abandoned Mine Land fund, which is paid for by coal producers, and wouldn\u2019t require any new taxes or fees.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"m_-3712826527357347756_m_-8303948852735975490_a0k5p2u6n0\"><\/a>McConnell Noncommittal<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/h3>\n<p><a name=\"m_-3712826527357347756_m_-8303948852735975490_a0k5p2u6n1\"><\/a>On Dec. 5 and 6, a coalition of environmentalists delivered a petition with 10,000 signatures in support of the RECLAIM Act to McConnell and his staff, both at his Kentucky and Washington, D.C. offices.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"m_-3712826527357347756_m_-8303948852735975490_a0k5p2u6n2\"><\/a>\u201cThey never shut down the idea,\u201d said Eric Dixon, coordinator of policy and community engagement at the Appalachian Law Center. \u201cBut we\u2019ve also never seen the majority leader make it a priority, despite the fact that many East Kentuckians have made it a priority.\u201d<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"m_-3712826527357347756_m_-8303948852735975490_a0k5p2u6n3\"><\/a>But McConnell spokesman Robert Steurer told Bloomberg BNA that the senator had \u201cno scheduling announcements beyond this week.\u201d Steurer also noted that only 1,300 of the 10,000 signatures were from Kentucky.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"m_-3712826527357347756_m_-8303948852735975490_a0k5p2u6n4\"><\/a>Republicans in House Support Bill<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/h3>\n<p><a name=\"m_-3712826527357347756_m_-8303948852735975490_a0k5p2u6n5\"><\/a>Thom Kay, legislative associate at Appalachian Voices, said McConnell\u2019s lack of support was puzzling, given how many Republicans have supported the bill in the House.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"m_-3712826527357347756_m_-8303948852735975490_a0k5p2u6n6\"><\/a>\u201cThey\u2019re also conservative, pro-coal Republicans from coal country and throughout Appalachia,\u201d Kay told Bloomberg BNA. \u201cAnd it\u2019s from [Rep.] Hal Rogers [R-Ky.], and the Republican House Natural Resources Committee has put a lot of time and effort into strengthening the bill as much as possible. So that\u2019s clearly a lot of Republican buy-in.\u201d<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"m_-3712826527357347756_m_-8303948852735975490_a0k5p2u6n7\"><\/a>Some have speculated that Senate Republicans are steering clear of the RECLAIM Act, because they\u2019re focusing on the Miners Protection Act (S. 1714), a bill that addresses health and pension benefits to miners, and don\u2019t want to expend any more political capital on miners.\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"m_-3712826527357347756_m_-8303948852735975490_a0k5p2u6n8\"><\/a>CR Path Closed<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/h3>\n<p><a name=\"m_-3712826527357347756_m_-8303948852735975490_a0k5p2u6n9\"><\/a>Environmental lobbyists also have tried to get the bill attached to the continuing resolution that the House hopes to pass before it adjourns\u00a0<span class=\"m_-3712826527357347756gmail-aBn\"><span class=\"m_-3712826527357347756gmail-aQJ\">Dec. 9<\/span><\/span>. But that hasn\u2019t happened either, despite Rogers\u2019 efforts, Kay said, and it now appears highly unlikely to be part of the CR.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"m_-3712826527357347756_m_-8303948852735975490_a0k5p2u6p0\"><\/a>\u201cThe CR path is basically closed,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to figure out what paths there are now, if any.\u201d<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"m_-3712826527357347756_m_-8303948852735975490_a0k5p2u6p1\"><\/a>The Miner\u2019s Protection Act, S. 1714, also didn\u2019t make it into the CR.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"m_-3712826527357347756_m_-8303948852735975490_a0k5p2u6p2\"><\/a>Reintroduction Likely<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/h3>\n<p><a name=\"m_-3712826527357347756_m_-8303948852735975490_a0k5p2u6p3\"><\/a>If the RECLAIM measure dies in the current session of Congress, it will most likely be introduced in the next one.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"m_-3712826527357347756_m_-8303948852735975490_a0k5p2u6p4\"><\/a>But that could take months, \u201cespecially if people start tinkering with language,\u201d Kay said.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"m_-3712826527357347756_m_-8303948852735975490_a0k5p2u6p5\"><\/a>Dixon said the needs for mine cleanup and economic revitalization in coal states are too acute for continued delays.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"m_-3712826527357347756_m_-8303948852735975490_a0k5p2u6p6\"><\/a>\u201cI don\u2019t think we can wait another year on this,\u201d Dixon said. \u201cWe have to take action right now. Congress needs to make this a priority this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo ajU\">\n<div id=\":35w\" class=\"ajR\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Hide expanded content\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Willis\u00a0|\u00a0Deputy Press Secretary for Federal Affairs Sierra Club | 50 F Street, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20001 p:\u00a0202.675.2386\u00a0|\u00a0c: 202.253.7486\u00a0|\u00a0e:\u00a0brian.willis@sierraclub.org Dec. 7 \u2014 Hope has dimmed for a mine cleanup bill that environmental activists have pushed hard for. Two factors are dooming the Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/2016\/without-mcconnell-hope-dimming-mine-cleanup-bill\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[554,556,550,552,557,555,553,549,551,366,548],"class_list":["post-5478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-10000-signatures","tag-appalachian-voices","tag-coal-communities","tag-congress","tag-continuing-resolution","tag-environmental-activitists","tag-kentucky","tag-mine-cleanup-bill","tag-mitch-mcconnell","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reclaim-act"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Without McConnell, Hope Dimming for Mine Cleanup Bill - epcamr.org<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/2016\/without-mcconnell-hope-dimming-mine-cleanup-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Without McConnell, Hope Dimming for Mine Cleanup Bill - epcamr.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Brian Willis\u00a0|\u00a0Deputy Press Secretary for Federal Affairs Sierra Club | 50 F Street, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20001 p:\u00a0202.675.2386\u00a0|\u00a0c: 202.253.7486\u00a0|\u00a0e:\u00a0brian.willis@sierraclub.org Dec. 7 \u2014 Hope has dimmed for a mine cleanup bill that environmental activists have pushed hard for. 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