[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 247 (Monday, December 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72360-72361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33463]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Watershed Cooperative Agreement Program
AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
ACTION: Notice of availability of funds for the Watershed Cooperative
Agreement Program.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM)
of the U.S. Department of the Interior is announcing its intent to
solicit applications from eligible, not-for-profit candidates for
funding under the Watershed Cooperative Agreement Program to undertake
local acid mine drainage reclamation projects.
DATES: Applications for the cooperative agreements should be submitted
to the appropriate individual listed under ADDRESSES AND FURTHER
INFORMATION starting December 27, 1999. Applications will be accepted
until June 1, 2000, or until all available funds have been awarded,
whichever is sooner.
ADDRESSES AND FURTHER INFORMATION: Requests for an application package,
which includes further information on the program, the application
forms and evaluation criteria, should be directed to the appropriate
Appalachian Clean Streams Coordinator: Alabama: Jeannie O'Dell,
Birmingham Field Office, 135 Gemini Circle, Suite 215, Homewood, AL
35209, Telephone 205-290-7282, ext. 21; Illinois: Ken Foit,
Indianapolis Field Office, Minton-Capehart Federal Building, 575 N.
Pennsylvania Street, Room 392, Indianapolis, IN 46204, Telephone 317-
226-6166 ext 230; Indiana: Michael Kalagian, Indianapolis Field Office,
Minton-Capehart Federal Building, 575 N. Pennsylvania Street, Room 392,
Indianapolis, IN 46204,
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Telephone 317-226-6166 ext 234; Iowa: Stephen Preston, Mid-Continent
Regional Coordinating Center, Alton Federal Center, 501 Belle Street,
Room 216, Alton, IL 62002, Telephone 618-463-6463 ext 120; Kentucky:
Dave Beam, Lexington Field Office, 2675 Regency Road, Lexington, KY
40503, Telephone 606-233-2896; Maryland: Peter Hartman, Appalachian
Regional Coordinating Center, 3 Parkway Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15220;
Telephone 412-937-2905; Missouri: Jeff Gillespie, Mid-Continent
Regional Coordinating Center, Alton Federal Center, 501 Belle Street,
Room 216, Alton, IL 62002, Telephone 618-463-6463 ext 128; Ohio: Max
Luehrs, Columbus Area Office, 4480 Refugee Road, Suite 201, Columbus,
OH 43232, Telephone 614-866-0578 ext. 110; Oklahoma: Daniel Trout,
Tulsa Field Office, 5100 East Skelly Drive S-550, Tulsa, OK 74135,
Telephone 918-581-6430 ext 25; Pennsylvania: David Hamilton, Harrisburg
Field Office, 415 Market Street, Suite 3, Harrisburg, PA 17101,
Telephone 717-782-2285; Tennessee: Danny Ellis, Knoxville Field Office,
530 Gay Street, Suite 500, Knoxville, TN 37902, Telephone 423-545-4103
ext 147; Virginia: Ronnie Vicars, Big Stone Gap Field Office, 1941
Neeley Road, Suite 201, Compartment 116, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219,
Telephone 540-523-5053; West Virginia: Rick Buckley, Charleston Field
Office, 1027 Virginia Street East Charleston, WV 25301, Telephone 304-
347-7162 ext 3024.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For Fiscal year 2000, OSM expects to award
up to 1.75 million dollars to eligible not-for-profit groups to
undertake actual construction projects to clean up streams impacted by
acid mine drainage The cooperative agreements will be in the $5,000-
$80,000 range in order to assist as many groups as possible. The
cooperative agreements will have a performance period of two years.
Eligible applicants are not-for-profit, established organizations
with IRS 501(c)(3) status. Applicants must have other partners,
contributing either funding or in-kind services; the partners must
provide a substantial portion of the total resources needed to complete
the project.
Projects in the following States are eligible: Alabama, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Projects must meet
eligibility criteria for coal projects outlined in Section 404 of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977:
Lands and water eligible for reclamation or drainage abatement
expenditures under this title are those which were mined for coal or
which were affected by such mining, wastebanks, coal processing, or
other coal mining processes * * * and abandoned or left in an
inadequate reclamation status prior to the date of enactment of this
Act [August 3, 1977], and for which there is no continuing
reclamation responsibility under State or other Federal laws.
There must be demonstrated public support for the project. The
project should propose to use proven or innovative technology that has
a high probability of success. The project must produce tangible
results, e.g., fishery restored, stream miles improved, educational and
community benefits, pollutants removed from the streams. The funds must
be used primarily for the construction phase of a project;
reimbursement of administrative costs will be carefully scrutinized.
There must be a plan to address any ongoing operation/maintenance
considerations.
Two copies of a complete application should be submitted to the
appropriate Appalachian Clean Streams Coordinator identified under
ADDRESSES AND FURTHER INFORMATION. Awards are subject to the
availability of funds. Applications will receive technical and
financial management reviews.
Dated: December 17, 1999.
Kathy Karpan,
Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 99-33463 Filed 12-23-99; 8:45 am]
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