WASHINGTON -- Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri are among 25 states given a total of more than $290 million to clean up abandoned coal mines.
U.S. Acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt today announced that the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) will provide $18,678,495 to Illinois, $18,296,295 to Kentucky, and $2,814,000 to Missouri to clean up and repurpose abandoned coal mines.
The money is part of Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation