Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR)

AML Grants are awarded to eligible coal-producing States and Tribes to support the operation of an approved State or Tribal AML reclamation program. Approved programs use grant funds for the restoration of eligible lands and waters mined and abandoned or left inadequately restored. Most of the lands and water eligible for reclamation under this authority are those which were mined or affected by mining and abandoned or left in an inadequate reclamation status prior to August 3, 1977, and for which there is no continuing reclamation responsibility under State or other Federal laws. A limited number of legacy sites mined after August 3, 1977, and abandoned before November 5, 1990, for which the surety bonds responsible for the reclamation of the site became insolvent.