The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the October 6 PA Bulletin Trout Unlimited has requested Good Samaritan Program status for a passive abandoned mine drainage treatment project in Knox Township, Clearfield County. (PA Bulletin page 6457)

Treatment system construction is being carried out in conjunction with a DEP Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation project to remove coal refuse material from 9 acres, incorporate alkaline material and otherwise reclaim 27 total acres.

From 1999 to November 2016, DEP has 76 mine reclamation and acid mine drainage Good Samaritan projects in the program and only recently began accepting proposals to plug abandoned or orphaned oil and gas wells.

For more information on Environmental Good Samaritan Act protection for reclaiming abandoned mine lands or treating discharges, visit DEP’s Environmental Good Samaritan Program webpage.

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[Posted: Oct. 5, 2018]

10/8/2018