Naamlp Show Osm Partnerships

Abandoned Mine Land Program

• Abates health, safety and general welfare problems created by past mining practices • Cleans up the environment • Creates jobs • Restores pride and quality of life to coalfield citizens

AML Problems are Health and Safety Hazards

AML Problems Degrade the Environment

Program Priorities • Priority 1 - Extreme danger to health and safety to people or property • Priority 2 - Adverse effects to health, safety or general welfare to people or property • Priority 3 - Adverse effects to land and water and the environment • Priority 4 - Protection, construction, repair or protection of public facilities • Priority 5 – Development of public land for historic, recreational or conservation

Abandoned Mine Land Program • Title IV of SMCRA • Financed by a fee on coal production – $.35 per ton on surface coal – $.15 per ton on underground coal – $.10 per ton on lignite The fee expires on September 30, 2007

AML FEE ALLOCATIONS

50% 10% Federal Operations RAMP State Share Historic Production 20%

20%

19 78 19 79 19 80 19 81 19 82 19 83 19 84 19 85 19 86 19 87 In t. 19 au 8 th or 1 8 iz 9 8 ed 9 19 In t. 90 to C 19 BF 91 19 92 19 93 19 94 19 95 19 96 19 97 19 98 19 99 20 00 20 01 20 02 20 03 20 04 20 05 20 06

$ Millions

AML FEE HISTORY

3 50

3 00

2 50

2 00

1 50

1 00

50

0 Reque st Ena cted Colle ctio ns

Distribution of FY 2005 Collections 160

140

120

$ millions

100

FY 2005 Col lections FY 2006 A ppro pria ti ons

80

60

40

20

0 State Share

Histor ic Coa l Sha re

Fe deral Oper ations Sha re

RAMP

Unappropriated Share Balances (9/30/05) ($ billions)

$0.13 $0.42

$0.57

Certified States Non-Certified Federal Share

$0.53

Historic Coal

Accomplishments • The AML program has provided more than $3 billion in grants to the States and Tribes to clean up mine sites abandoned before the enactment of the Surface Mining Act. • In fact, more than 248,000 acres of abandoned coal mine sites have been reclaimed by the States and Tribes through the AML program. • In addition, hazards associated with more than 20,000 open mine portals and shafts, 2.5 million feet of dangerous highwalls, and 100,000 acres of dangerous piles and embankments have been eliminated and the land has been reclaimed.

The Job is not Complete 30

3.1 3.6

25

$ billions

20

15

21.8

Health and Safety General Welfare Environmental

10

5

1.8 .3

0 Complete Unfunded

If AML Fee Collection is Not Reauthorized: Job Loss  Diminished Quality of Life  Continued Adverse Environmental Impacts  Lost Economic Revitalization And most important. . .  Loss of Life: Leaving 2,100,000 citizens at risk from a high priority health and safety abandoned coal site.

Impacts Reclaimed - Goals Achieved

The End