8 – Carbon/Emery Energy Guide – March 2012
Reclaiming the land for all (Continued from page 7) tion specialist with the AMRP, the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 established the regulations and set the funding requirements for the environmental and safety protections. All mines operating in 1977 and thereafter have to pay into a trust fund to finance reclamation of abandoned mines and also have to post bonds guaranteeing their own reclamation. Utah’s program gets its operating money from this federal trust fund. The Sun Advocate has followed the course of the two most recent projects and has reported in both cases that the AMRP has worked with local governments and property owners to deter(Continued on page 8)
The Cyprus Plateau mine site as it looks today. Much of the infrastructure has been removed and covered with soil. The fines pile, the dark spot in the middle of the photos, is presently being extracted for use.
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