More than $144 million in funding is available to states and tribes for abandoned mine land reclamation projects, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and White House Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator Mitch Landrieu said during a visit to Ohio.
“The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's historic investments will help revitalize these local economies and support reclamation jobs that help put people to work in their communities, all while addressing environmental impacts from these legacy developments," Haaland said in a release.
The money announced by Haaland and Landrieu is in addition to the previously announced $725 million available from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for 22 states and the Navajo Nation to create union jobs and create economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands.
State and Tribal allocations for fiscal year 2022 are as follows: Alabama: $2,829,000, Alaska: $2,829,000, Arkansas: $2,829,000, Colorado: $2,829,000, Illinois: $9,689,419, Indiana: $3,944,417, Iowa: $2,829,000, Kansas: $2,829,000, Kentucky: $8,889,292, Louisiana: $25,279, Maryland: $2,829,000, Mississippi: $99,709, Missouri: $2,829,000, Montana: $3,287,963 New Mexico: $2,829,000 North Dakota: $2,829,000, Ohio: $4,699,156, Pennsylvania: $26,463,897, Tennessee: $2,829,000, Texas: $732,134, Utah: $2,829,000, Virginia: $2,960,771, West Virginia: $18,480,441, Wyoming: $30,415,530, Crow Tribe: $216,529, and Navajo Nation: $525,510.
“President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will create good-paying jobs and economic opportunity – especially for workers in energy communities,” Landrieu said. “By reclaiming abandoned mine lands, we will improve local water quality, reduce flooding, address environmental justice and create new potential for clean energy projects, all while providing good-paying jobs for the very people who worked in these mines.”
