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The Office of Abandoned Mine Lands and Reclamation

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Plans and specifications for 2014 will be available via the "Downloadable Plans" link to the left. Applicable documentation is also located in that section.
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Pre & post-AML construction, Church Creek.

The Office of Abandoned Mine Lands & Reclamation of West Virginia oversees and facilitates the resolving of public safety issues as mine fires & subsidence, hazardous highwalls, mining-impacted water supplies, open shafts and portals, and other dangers resulting from mining before 1977. Such practices were established by the Surface Mining and Control Act and the creation of the Office of AML&R in 1981. The Office of Surface Mining provides oversight to the Office of AML&R.

INCEPTION & MISSION

The Office of Abandoned Mine Lands & Reclamation was created in 1981 to manage the reclamation of lands and waters affected by mining prior to passage of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) in 1977.

The AML program is funded by a fee placed on coal, currently set at 28 cents per ton for surface-mined coal, and 12 cents per ton for coal mined underground.

Our mission is to protect public health, safety, and property from past coal mining and enhance the environment through reclamation and restoration of land and water resources.

                  PHONE           (304) 926-0499
                  FAX                (304) 926-0458

For All AML Projects:
- To bid on AML projects, the contractor/entity in question must be a registered vendor in the state of West Virginia and attend the mandatory pre-bid attached to each project. For a list of current projects, please select the "View Projects Out For Bid" link above and to the left for details. The subsite is usually updated every Friday or Monday.
- The Office of AML&R does not provide physical sets of plans for contractors as of January 1, 2012. We do, however, provide complimentary digital copies of such. Digital copies can be emailed (size limit dependent) or mailed via CD-ROM. They may also be downloaded via our "Downloadable Plans" subsite to the left or by clicking here. To download, right-click the file and "Save Target As."

CHARLESTON OFFICE LOCATION
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Employment opportunities to join the West Virginia AML&R organization are available here: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/wv/default.cfm.

RECENT UPDATES AND NOTIFICATIONS:
- Please contact the webmaster for archived copies of plans or specifications in Adobe format.

Please direct all web inquiries to Mandy Strader.