Abandoned Mine Land Proposed Fee Reauthorization

Following is an index to information about the extension of the abandoned mine land fee. The information includes documents available in electronic format on this web site and links to other related information. Items that are provided in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format are marked with a graphic.

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• 8/30/04 Letter from Rebecca Watson, Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management to Pete Domenici, Chairman, Senate Energy and Natrual Resources Committee
• 8/2/04 Washington Times Editoral Cleanup needed By John Peterson and Don Sherwood
• 7/29/04 News article from the Kingsport, Tennseess News-Times Official outlines plan to speed up mine reclamation By Walter Littrell
• 7/29/04 News article from the Bristol Herald Courier Back to Life By Kathy Still
• 3/30/04 Congressional Testimony: Jeffery Jarrett, Director - House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources on H.R. 3778 AND H.R. 3796
• 3/29/04 Map: Americans At Risk People potentially at risk within one mile/grant funds per person at risk (85 KB)
• 3/11/04 Time to Finish the Job on Abandoned Mines By Gale Norton, Secretary of the Interior
• 3/11/04 Congressional Testimony: Jeffery Jarrett, Director - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate, on S. 2049 and S. 2086
• 3/11/04 News Release West Virginia Awarded $20.8 Million to Reclaim Dangerous Abandoned Mine Lands Bush Administration proposal would accelerate reclamation of hazardous abandoned mines
• 3/4/04 News Release Pennsylvania Awarded $24 Million to Reclaim Dangerous Abandoned Mine Lands Bush Administration proposal would accelerate reclamation of hazardous abandoned mines
• 2/20/04 News Release Interior Secretary Norton to Tour Abandoned Mine Sites in Southeast Ohio, Highlighting the President’s Plan to Clean Up Dangerous Abandoned Coal Mines
  
• 2/5/04 News Release Interior Secretary Norton Applauds Leadership of Sen. Specter, Rep. Peterson on Cleanup of Dangerous Coal Mines Across America S.2049 - February 3, 2004
  HR.3778 - February 4, 2004
• 2/4/04 Secretary Norton's remarks at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• 2/3/04 News Release Media Advisory: Interior Secretary Norton to Join Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell Tomorrow to Announce President's Plan to Clean Up Dangerous Abandoned Coal Mines
• 2/3/04 News Release Bush Administration proposal accelerates reclamation of dangerous Pennsylvania coal mines
• 2/2/04 News Release: Bush Administration Proposal Accelerates Reclamation of Dangerous Coal Mines
• Summary of Administration Proposal
• Graphics - Years to complete reclamation under current allocation formula and under administration proposal
• Graph - Percent of coal reclamation grant expenditures: current and proposed law
• Section by section analysis of proposal
• Full text of the proposed extension
• Redline/Strikeout of changes to the Surface Mining Law (Word document)
• Related information:
  • White Paper, People Potentially at Risk From Priority 1 & 2 AML Hazards Office of Surface Mining
  • White Paper, The Job's Not Finished Jeff Jarrett Director, Office of Surface Mining
  • Cost of reclaiming existing abandoned mine land hazards (Reports by state/tribe)
  • 2004 Abandoned Mine Land Grant Distribution
  • 2003 Abandoned Mine Land Grant Funding (Obligations)
  • 2003 Abandoned Mine Land Fee Collections and Funding
  • 2003 State and Indian Program staffing
  • Status of the Abandoned Mine Land Fund
    State share balance: Current Status (FY 2004)
  • Reclamation accomplishments 1977-2003 Priority 1 & 2, Priority 3 (Microsoft Excel spread sheet format)
  • Photo Library See abandoned mine land down-loadable, high resolution photos
  • Other abandoned mine land information

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