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Open Houses to Discuss Abandoned Mine Land Projects
Ohio Ag Connection - 10/15/2018

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) will host open house meetings the week of Nov. 5 to discuss proposed abandoned mine land projects in 17 Ohio counties. At the meetings, staff from the ODNR Division of Mineral Resources Management will be available to discuss environmental and public health and safety issues associated with Ohio's abandoned mines.

Staff will present a list of proposed projects for Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Guernsey, Harrison, Hocking, Holmes, Jefferson, Lawrence, Meigs, Muskingum, Perry, Tuscarawas and Vinton counties. Funds are available for mines abandoned before Aug. 3, 1977, when legislation to address the issue of abandoned mine lands went into effect. Meeting attendees are encouraged to present details of their own abandoned mine concerns and inquire about the potential for funding future remediation efforts.

In November, ODNR will apply for federal construction grant money from the U.S. Department of the Interior to fund abandoned mine reclamation during the 2019 grant period (January 2019--December 2022) throughout the state's coal-mining region. A total of $11 million is earmarked for the design and construction of emergency and non-emergency public health and safety projects in Ohio.

Below are the meeting dates and locations:

- Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson and Stark counties -- Nov. 5, 5-7 p.m. ODNR Mineral Resources Management, 3601 Newgarden Rd., Salem. Phone: 243-206-4240

- Athens, Hocking, Vinton, Meigs and Lawrence counties -- Nov. 6, 5-7 p.m. Zaleski ODNR Complex, 29371 Wheelabout Rd., McArthur. Phone: 740-274-4943

- Belmont, Guernsey, Muskingum and Perry counties -- Nov. 7, 5-7 p.m. ODNR Mineral Resources Management, 2050 E Wheeling Ave., Cambridge. Phone: 740-439-9079

- Tuscarawas, Holmes and Coshocton counties -- Nov. 8, 5-7 p.m. ODNR Mineral Resources Management, 2207 Reiser Ave. SE, New Philadelphia. Phone: 330-339-2207


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