To protect the public and correct the environmental
damage caused by coal and noncoal mining practices that occurred prior to
August 3, 1977.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE:
Formula Grants. Place Cursor Here for Definition
Project Grants. Place Cursor Here for Definition
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS:
State/Indian Reclamation Program (SIRP) (Project
Grants): Project grants are restricted to lands and water mined or affected by
mining processes that occurred prior to August 3, 1977, (and certain post-1977
lands and waters beginning 10/1/91) and are defined as "eligible
lands." Eligible lands include coal mining and related processes as well
as noncoal mining and related processes. A State with an approved regulatory
program, eligible lands and active coal mining operations contributing to the
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund may submit a State reclamation plan to the
Office of Surface Mining for approval. (Note: For Indian tribes, regulatory
program approval is not a condition of participation in the reclamation
program.) Subsidence Insurance Program Grants: The subsidence insurance
program grant, which is limited to $3 million, provides funds to establish,
administer, and operate a self-sustaining, individual State-administered
program to insure private property against damages caused by land subsidence
resulting from underground coal mining.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant Eligibility:
State/Indian Reclamation Program Project Grants: The program is restricted to
States/Indian Tribes with eligible lands and with coal mining operations
within their borders that are paying coal reclamation fees into the Abandoned
Mine Reclamation Fund.
Beneficiary Eligibility:
State/Indian Reclamation Program: States and federally recognized Indian
tribal governments.
Credentials/Documentation:
State Reclamation Program: A State/Indian reclamation plan requires the
approval of the Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management. All
grants require the approval of the appropriate Field Office Director.
Pre-application Coordination:
Pre-application information is not required. The procedures of the Abandoned
Mine Land Reclamation Program Regulations that were published in the Federal
Register, Volume 47, Number 126, Wednesday, June 30, 1982 must be followed.
This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372,
"Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should
consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in
his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be
followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for
review.
Application Procedure:
State/Indian Reclamation Program: The standard application forms furnished by
the Federal agency and required by 43 CFR Part 12, Subpart C, "Uniform
Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and
Local Governments," must be used for this program. Please contact the
appropriate Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM)
Regional/Field Office for details. Grant applications covering all AML
programs/activities are to be submitted to the applicable OSM Regional/Field
Office annually.
Award Procedure:
State/Indian Reclamation Program: The Regional/Field Office shall act upon a
grant application within 60 days of submittal of a complete application. If
the application is not approved, the Regional/Field Office shall set forth in
writing the reasons for disapproval and may propose modifications if
appropriate. The State/Indian tribal agency may submit the application or
appropriate revised portions of the application.
Deadlines: State/Indian
Reclamation Program: Grant application may be submitted at any time to the
applicable OSM Regional/Field Office.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time:
State/Indian Reclamation Program (Project Grants): Estimated at 60 days.
Appeals: State/Indian
Reclamation Program: A State/Tribe may appeal the OSM's decision to reduce or
terminate a grant to the Secretary, DOI, no later than 30 days after the Field
Office Director made the decision.
Renewals: State/Indian
Reclamation Program: The grant application is submitted on an annual basis.
ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:
Formula and Matching Requirements:
State/Indian Reclamation Program: Grants are 100 percent Federally funded
based on fifty percent of the reclamation fees collected in a State subject to
congressional appropriation. The formula is based on historical coal
production and annual fee collections. However, States/Tribes may be granted
additional funds for emergency and other high priority abandoned mine land
reclamation projects.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance:
State/Indian Reclamation Program: Grant periods are variable; however, under
normal conditions, funds for construction activities must be expended 3 years
after award.
POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports: State/Indian
Reclamation Program (Project Grants): Annual performance and financial reports
are required.
Audits: In accordance with
the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 24, 1997),
"Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations,"
nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $300,000 or more in
Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for
that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $300,000 a year in
Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year,
except as noted in Circular No. A-133.
Records: Records will be
maintained in accordance with the provisions of 43 CFR Part 12, Subpart C,
"Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative
Agreements to State and Local Governments."
FINANCIAL INFORMATION:
Account Identification:
14-5015-0-2-302.
Obligations: State/Indian
Reclamation (Project Grants) FY 01 $171,866,457; FY 02 est $159,585,000; and
FY 03 est $144,100,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: State/Indian Reclamation Program: $94,000 to $103,711;
Average: $6,600,000.
State Reclamation Program: 23 States and three Indian
tribes have received approval for their reclamation programs and are carrying
out reclamation projects.
REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE:
Federal Register Vol.48, No. 115, Tuesday, June 14,
1983; Abandoned Mined Lands Operational Manual, Vol. One, February 1984; Vol.
Two, July 20, 1984. Guidelines for Reclamation Programs and Projects, Federal
Register Vol. 61, No.257, Monday, December 30, 1996.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See
Catalog Appendix IV for addresses.
Headquarters Office: Office
of Surface Mining, Division of Reclamation Support, Department of the
Interior, 1951 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20240. Contact: Chief,
Division of Reclamation Support. Telephone: (202) 208-5365. Use the same
number for FTS.
Web Site Address: http://www.osmre.gov
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS:
State/Indian Reclamation Program (Project Grants):
Reclaiming gob piles, tipples, landslides, and mine openings, impoundments,
highwalls, extinguishing mine fires and burning refuse banks. Mine subsidence
(emergency and extreme dangers), mine openings, underground mine fires,
burning refuse banks, flooding dangers, acid mine drainage, and dangerous
impoundments.
CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS:
Section 403 of Public Law 95-87, cited Abandoned Mine
Land Reclamation Program regulation, and approved State/Indian Reclamation
plans.
