Clearfield, Schuylkill, and Somerset Conservation Districts Receive Over $7.8 Million in Abandoned Mine Lands Grants

Written by Shannon Wehinger on March 20, 2026. Posted in AMD, Grants

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has invested an additional $15.2 million in the environmental restoration of 15 abandoned mine land (AML) projects as part of the Abandoned Mine Land and Abandoned Mine Drainage Grant Program.

Conservation districts that received grants are:

Clearfield County Conservation District – $1,133,928

Chestnut Grove North – This project is the second and final phase in treating the KORB4 abandoned deep mine discharge in Bloom Township, impacting the Little Anderson Creek within the Anderson Creek Watershed. Grant project work includes constructing a vertical-flow pond, a drainable limestone bed, and a flush pond.

Schuylkill Conservation District – $6,632,829

Schuylkill Haven East – Over 247,000 cubic yards of waste coal slurry will be removed from an abandoned dredge desilting basin located along the Schuylkill River in North Manheim Township. These reclamation efforts will restore nearly 21.5 acres of the Schuylkill River floodplain.

Somerset County Conservation District – $112,986

Rock Tunnel Discharges – Project work includes the development and engineering design of a future abandoned mine drainage abatement project. Project development and engineering design will be completed to determine the most effective method for removing coal refuse and to prepare a design plan to expand the Rock Tunnel Outfall passive treatment system in Conemaugh Township to treat additional abandoned mine drainage discharges that impair South Branch Bens Creek.

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