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Reclaiming Our Communities: Opportunities for the Future
John StefankoDeputy Secretary
AMR Conference – State CollegeJune 26, 2015
Tom Wolf, Governor John Quigley, Secretary
DEP – Office of Active and Abandoned Mine Operations
• What We Have Accomplished‒ Acid Mine Drainage‒ Health and Safety Hazards‒ Mine Fires
• Upcoming Projects• Funding Issues
Overview
Kiskiminetas-Conemaugh TMDL Watershed
Saint Michaels
Construction of the St. Michael AMD Treatment Plant
Saint Michaels
Saint Michaels
Little Conemaugh River at Mineral Point
Before After
Fall Brook Treatment and Restoration ProjectFall Brook Project
Health and Safety Hazards
Jay Township, Elk County – 56 Acres, Completed August 2014 for $706,408
Weedville Project
Before After
Coal Run Project
Bridgeville Borough, Allegheny County – 0.3 Acres, Completed May 2014 for $336,979
Before After
Foster Township, Luzerne County – 63 Acres, Completed in January 2015 for $2,230,933
Green Mountain Project
Before After
Coal Township, Northumberland County – 86 Acres, Completed April 2014 for $1,384,634
Boyers Knob Lookout Project
Before After
Mine Fires
Fell Township, Lackawanna County – 17.6 Acres, Completed May 2014 for $2,180,130
Simpson Northeast Project
Before After
Nicholson Township, Fayette County – 12.4 Acres, Completed September 2014 for $1,090,319
Rocks Works Project
Before After
• AML funds received by Pennsylvania: $1,130,174,035
• Fees from industry: $554,379,305 (FY 1978 to FY 2014)
• 67,193 reclaimed acres (OSM’s GRPA method)
AML Program Accomplishments
Upcoming Projects
Carbondale, Lackawanna County – 108 Acres, Projected Completion is December 2017, Bid $8,947,732
Powderly Mine Fire Project
Croyle and East Taylor townships and Ehrenfeld Borough, Cambria County – 242.5 Acres, Details To Be Determined
Ehrenfeld Project
Cooper Township, Clearfield County – 91 Acres, Details To Be Determined
Weber Run South Project
Cooper Township, Clearfield County – 170 Acres, Details To Be Determined
South Peale Project
Plum Borough, Allegheny County – 20 Acres, Details To Be Determined
Renton Mine Fire Project
• Power Plus Plan• Appropriations Bill Proposal• Reauthorization
Funding Issues
