Rep. Peter J. Daley II (D-Washington) Friday announced a Monongahela firm will remove abandoned coal waste from a 3-acre site in West Pike Run Township, Washington County, at no cost to taxpayers.

The Department of Environmental Protection's New Stanton District Office awarded the contract to Rostosky Coal LLC, which will recover more than 15,000 tons of coal from the site just west of Walkertown in return for the remediation work.

According to DEP, the project will entail stabilizing the old mine, revegetation and removing subsidence hazards at the site, located between Pike Run Drive and Wood Run Road.

Blasting and reprocessing at the site is prohibited under terms of the government contract.

The site was last mined in 1915 by J & L Steel.

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