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Abandoned Hardrock Mine Reclamation (AHMR/AML) Grants

Program Information

Popular name

Hardrock Abandoned Mine Land Grants

Program Number

15.099

Program objective

The U.S. Department of the Interior has been authorized to establish a Hardrock Abandoned Mine Land Program under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). This program is separate and not inclusive of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s (OSMRE) Abandoned Mine Lands Program. Over the decades, extractive industry activities have left behind a number of underground and aboveground mines and features that pose physical safety hazards and have degraded the environment impacting various media. The program’s goal is to assist States and Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments with mitigating the physical safety and contaminant risks associated with hardrock, non-coal abandoned mine sites and features.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2023

    This is a new grant program.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

The Abandoned Hardrock Mine Reclamation Program is guided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, PL 117-58, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et. seq.), and the Surface Mining Reclamation Control and Reclamation Act of 1997, PL 95-87 and Amended through PL 177-58. Additional manuals, such as DOI Environmental and Disposal Liabilities and compliance guidance, are available to the public free of charge by visiting: www.doi.gov/oepc/legacy-pollution-remediation-and-reclamation

  1. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Title VII – Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation, Section 40704 – Abandoned Hardrock Mine Reclamation. Pub. L. Public Law 117-58.