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A New Bureau…A New Mission
Moving forward in Abandoned Mine Drainage Remediation
Pennsylvania Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference
Aug. 9, 2013
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AMD: A Leading Cause of Impairment
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AMD: A Leading Cause of Impairment
• Stream miles assessed – 84,571• Stream miles impaired by AMD – 5,517• Mostly due to pH and metals• Second only to agriculture as the leading
cause of impairment
AMD: A Leading Cause of Impairment
• Reauthorization of SMCRA with 30 percent set-aside
• Growing Greener (GG) established• Two new active treatment systems
(Lancashire and Hollywood)
Progress
• More than 300 passive systems installed• 2,182 miles of streams previously impaired by
AMD are no longer impaired• West Branch Initiative• New Bureau of Conservation and Restoration
(BCR)
Progress
• Finalize Set-Aside Guidelines• New Active Plants: Wherum (development)
and Cresson (design)• Completion of New QHU Plans (Clearfield,
Sugar, Little Conemaugh, Hazle, Schuylkill sub-basin and Bennett Branch)
Bureau Priorities
• System rehabs and upgrades: (Marsolino, Brandy Camp, Oven Run B, Joller, Rausch Creek, Ravine, Loyalsock and Falls Creek)
• Review, scoring and oversight of new GG and Set-Aside projects
• Operate existing active treatment systems
Bureau Priorities
• Growing Greener– Waste tipping fees and Oil and Gas fees– $18 million available for project implementation
(approximately 15 percent available for AMD projects)
– Solicitation ends Aug. 16
AMD Funding
• Set-Aside Program: – 30 percent of Federal Office of Surface Mining grant
($15.9 million)– Must be expended in a QHU or on QHU activities– $2 million available to grantee’s through GG– Set-aside program and treatment system operations
AMD Funding
• Federal 319 Program– Federal Nonpoint Source Implementation Grant– Projects solicited through GG for use in 36 WIP-
approved watersheds– ½ are AMD watersheds– $3.2 million available for implementation of
projects
AMD Funding
• Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA)– Act 13 provided a portion of Oil and Gas fees for
project implementation including AMD and AMLs– $29 million available over multiple programs and
agencies– Non-profit and for-profit eligibility (non-O&G
producer)
AMD Funding
• CFA– $1 million cap– Trust funds for long-term O&M are eligible (65
percent of project cost)– $100 application fee– Annual grant rounds (just ended July 31)– Over a dozen AMD applications received
AMD Funding
Glenn H. Rider II, Director [email protected]
Pamela Milavec, Chief Watershed Restoration [email protected]
or http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/watershed_management/10593web