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MMD''s mission is to ensure the responsible utilization, conservation, reclamation and safeguarding of land and resources affected by mining. By statute (§, NMSA 1978), MMD "shall enforce and administer laws and regulations relating to mine safety, coal surface mine reclamation and abandoned mine lands reclamation." And, MMD collects

This index provides descriptive entries and Federal Register page numbers for documents published by Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office in the daily Federal Register. It includes entries, with select metadata for all documents published in the 2018 calendar year.

FUNDING ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION IN MONTANA. Montana''s Abandoned Mine Reclamation Bureau is funded by a per ton tax assessed at the national level on coal production. This abandoned mine reclamation fund was established by the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 . The money is made available through Congressional appropriation.

General Shale Receives Award for Reclamation Efforts ... by the commonwealth of ia for a national award through the Interstate Mining Compact Commission''s (IMCC) Reclamation Awards .

Memorial Scholarship Awards The memorial scholarships are in commemoration of deceased ASMR members. They are granted to deserving students from universities, colleges, or community colleges having curricula in a scientific discipline directly related to, and leading toward, a profession in reclamationrelated work.

Oct 22, 2019· National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn issued the following statement in response to Senate reintroduction of the latest version of the "Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act": "The recently reintroduced ''Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act'' will lockin and accelerate America''s...

Excellence in Reclamation Award; Excellence in Reclamation Award. Details Category: ...

OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT ANNUAL EVALUATION SUMMARY REPORT FOR THE ... annual Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Awards held at the National Association of ... complete an inspection of site conditions and photograph a site normally less than 10 to 15 minutes. The setup is invaluable for starting the flight search for ...

Mine reclamation is the process of restoring land that has been mined to a natural or economically usable state. Although the process of mine reclamation occurs once mining is completed, the planning of mine reclamation activities occurs prior to a mine being permitted or started.

Complete Mining and Reclamation Awards List 2011 February 10, 2012 Greenlands Award 2011. Phoenix Surface Mine No. 3, CoalMac, Inc. Located in Logan County, WV, CoalMac, Inc.''s Phoenix No. 3 Surface Mine is leading the way in exploring innovative downstream uses for former surface mine property. ... Underground Mine Reclamation Award 2011 ...

Metal Mining and the Environment, p. 4849. Published by the American Geosciences Institute Environmental Awareness Series. Click here to download the full handbook. An extensive regulatory system has been developed to govern current mining operations in the United States, as well as to guide the cleanup of historical ones.

AGENCY REPORTS AGENCY GRANT AWARDS PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS POST AUDITS. ... SURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION ACT. §2231. Short title. ... or the water reclamation account or bonding programs reasonably assure that sufficient funds will be available to complete the reclamation of a forfeited site and that the Special Reclamation Fund will ...

Bureau of Reclamation Awards Million for desalination and water purification research Bureau of Reclamation will provide million to conduct laboratory and pilotscale desalination and ...

Operation Scarlift and Mine Reclamation in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has a long history of improving the quality of its environment. In 1968, after more than a century of unregulated coal mining, Pennsylvania passed the Land and Water Conservation and Reclamation Act. It was the first act in the nation to address abandoned mine reclamation.

Gold mining has changed dramatacally in the last two centuries. Mining is a large scale activity involving talented men and women and large earth moving equipment and sophisticated processes. But gold isn''t easy to get as in the old days, quite often, deposits mine contain microscopic bits of gold invisible to the naked eye. So [.]

Aug 31, 2017· Bureau of Reclamation Awards Million for Desalination and Water Purification Research in 13 States. Media Contact: Peter Soeth,, psoeth .

The Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 (SMARA, Public Resources Code, Sections ) provides a comprehensive surface mining and reclamation policy with the regulation of surface mining operations to assure that adverse environmental impacts are minimized and mined lands are reclaimed to a usable condition.

SRA For Reclamation Award Nominations Updated 2 of 2 Region State Program Contacts Column1 Title Office Address Telephone EMail WR Colorado Jeff Fleischmann Chief Office of Surface Mining Denver Field

The federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act was signed into law on August 3,1977 to regulate surface coal mining and reclamation nationwide. The law provided states the opportunity to develop state coal programs and assume primacy over the coal program from the federal government. ... The goals of the AML Program will be to complete ...

2 days ago· In 2017, the Texas Mining and Reclamation Association, of which Luminant is a member, honored Maxwell for his vision, granting him its "elected official of the year" award for "leading the ...

Division of Mining and Reclamation. Office of Environmental Remediation. Office of Oil and Gas. Office of Special Reclamation. See More. Water and Waste. Water and Waste Home. 303(d) List . Water Withdrawal Guidance Tool. Permitting. Water Use. Aboveground Storage Tanks. See More. Inside DEP.

Reclamation Awards. Part of OSMRE''s Congressionally mandated mission is to ensure that coal mines are reclaimed after mining is complete, including the reclamation of mines abandoned before the enactment of a Federal surface mining law in 1977.

Apr 08, 2015· To assure that our professionals are involved in reclamation planning, implementation, regulations and enforcement in the USA and to share experience globally. To help inform the public with respect to the sustainable and safe mining of minerals that society needs through the implementation of good planning and reclamation practices.

The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) provides authority for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) to implement a Federal regulatory program in the states without approved regulatory programs. In Tennessee, OSMRE
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