Mississippi is one of more than 20 states and tribal lands eligible to receive $300,000 in federal funding to update abandoned mine land inventories and support future remediation efforts.
The money, which comes from an $8 million investment through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will serve to improve data collection processes, as well as data integrity, accuracy, reliability, and standardization for the Abandoned Mine Land Inventory System (e-AMLIS).
Funds may also be used for field reconnaissance activities and the use of new technologies to efficiently collect and manage AML information.
Remediation efforts will serve to follow President Joe Biden’s plans to tackle pollution and clean up abandoned mine lands throughout the nation.
“E-AMLIS is a crucial tool for informing OSMRE and the public about the legacy coal mine pollution that still needs to be addressed,” OSMRE Deputy Director Glenda Owens said. “This financial assistance will help our state and Tribal AML partners update their inventories of AML problems and upgrade their existing processes to report on reclamation funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the traditional AML fee-based grants.”
States and Tribes use e-AMLIS to report information such as location, problem type, extent of AML impacts, and reclamation costs.
