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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $4.9 Million to Address Legacy Pollution, Revitalize Communities in Kansas

Funds are used for abandoned mine lands reclamation projects like this one at an abandoned mine in Cherokee County, Kansas, which addressed highwalls and spoil areas that posed a danger to the public. Photo courtesy of the Kansas Abandoned Mine Land Program.

OSMRE announced nearly $4.9 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for Kansas to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands (AML) and catalyze economic opportunity.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $5.9 Million to Address Legacy Pollution, Revitalize Communities in Missouri

Funds are used for abandoned mine land reclamation projects like this one in Springfield, Missouri, which filled a 190-foot-long vertical mine shaft that caused subsidence between two homes. Photo courtesy of the Missouri Abandoned Mine Lands, Land Reclamation Program.

OSMRE announces nearly $5.9 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for Missouri to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands, create jobs and catalyze economic…

Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $140 Million to Address Legacy Pollution, Revitalize Communities in West Virginia

Creek in West Virginia winter

DOI and OSMRE have announced more than $140 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands in coal communities across West Virginia.

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $74 Million to Address Legacy Pollution, Revitalize Communities in Kentucky Through Investing in America Agenda

A small building leans down a landslide area with mudflow beneath

DOI and OSMRE have announced more than $74 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands in coal communities across Kentucky.

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $244 Million to Address Legacy Pollution, Revitalize Communities in Pennsylvania Through Investing in America Agenda

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DOI and OSMRE announce more than $244 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for coal communities in Pennsylvania.

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act