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OSMRE Recognizes Two Coal Operators with 2024 Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Awards

The Yazzie Wildlife Bluff is the work of engineering and environmental creativity. Navajo Mine engineers redesigned the final surface configuration to keep the golden eagle nest undisturbed, ensure proper drainage, and cover all coal seams. Photo courtesy of National Transitional Energy Company.

OSMRE awards the 2024 Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Awards to Navajo Transitional Energy Company LLC, of New Mexico, and Black Mesa Pipeline LLC, of Arizona.

Reclamation Awards

Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $9.9 Million from Investing in America Agenda to Address Legacy Pollution and Spur Economic Growth in Colorado

Heavy equipment works along a brown hilly landscape surrounded by rolling smoke.

DOI today announced more than $9.9 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands in Colorado.

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

OSMRE Honors Five States for Exemplary Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation

Alabama earned the National Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Award for reclamation work that eliminated dangerous abandoned mine land features and enhanced access and recreational amenities at the Cahaba River Wildlife Refuge in Bibb County, Alabama. Photo courtesy of Alabama Department of Labor Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program.

OSMRE announces the recipients of the 2024 Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Awards. These projects represent the nation’s highest achievements in abandoned mine land reclamation and demonstrate outstanding results in restoring…

Reclamation Awards

Biden-Harris Administration Announces More than $4.8 Million from Investing in America Agenda to Address Legacy Pollution and Spur Economic Growth in Maryland

Funds are used for abandoned mine lands reclamation projects like this one in Allegany County, Maryland, that addressed a landslide blocking railroad tracks caused by coal refuse clogging a stream and culverts. Photo courtesy of Maryland Abandoned Mine Land Division.

OSMRE announced $4.8 million in FY 2024 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for Maryland to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands (AML), create good-paying, family-sustaining jobs, and…

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $9.7 Million from Investing in America Agenda to Address Legacy Pollution and Spur Economic Growth in Wyoming

A hole in the ground sits to the left of a dirt road under light blue sky and puffy white clouds. A truck drives away and toward mountains in the distance.

OSMRE has announced nearly $9.7 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for Wyoming to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands and catalyze economic opportunity.

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

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