LOCATION: HOPE HOTEL AND RICHARD C. HOLBROOKE CONFERENCE CENTER
Menu: Salad with Two Dressings, Garlic Bread, Lasagna, Green Beans, Butter Pecan Cake
Program: Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Program
Presenter: Tom Wiley, Ohio Department of Natural Resources
This month’s presentation will on the Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) program. Recent infrastructure legislation has resulted in significantly increased funding to this program ($696 million potential funding available through 2036 from the Infrastructure Bill). Tom will provide a summary of the funding they’ve received and how they are implementing it to perform AML projects on privately and publicly owned lands.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mineral Resources Management administers both a state abandoned mine land (AML) program and a federal AML program to address the highest priority problems resulting from coal mining that occurred prior to enactment of today’s stricter reclamation requirements.
State and federal funds provide resources for the Division’s Abandoned Mine Land Program to investigate, design and construct projects to address the environmental, public health and safety problems related to abandoned mines.
Much of the land disturbed by surface mining for coal prior to 1948 was not reclaimed after mining. While most of Ohio’s surface mining took place after enactment of the state’s first surface mining law in 1948, reclamation requirements were not adequate by today’s standard. Prior to 1972, Ohio’s statutes did not require restoration of desirable environmental conditions to the surface mined areas. Likewise, land disturbed by the surface mining of industrial minerals such as shale, limestone, and sand and gravel prior to 1975 was not restored to current standards.
As a result, the state was left with nearly 450,000 acres of land that were surface mined for coal prior to Ohio’s stringent 1972 reclamation law and 6,000 underground coal mines that exist below 600,000 acres of land.
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Regular registration runs through Jan 8th. An additional $3 late registration fee will be added to the ticket price after that date.
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