From staff reports
The state Department of Environmental Protection announced Wednesday funding is being provided for 16 environmental restoration projects of abandoned mine lands as a part of a grant program.
One of the projects is in Clarion County as $235,500 will go to the Headwaters Charitable Trust for Jones Run North (Jones-Douglass Design).
The project will include an instream active lime slurry dosing and solids collection pond treatment system to neutralize acidity and precipitate metals from acid mine drainage sources affecting Jones Run and Douglass Run and impairing Mill Creek downstream of the river confluence.
The projects are funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
The grant program prioritizes serious human health and safety problems that are a result of abandoned coal mines, as well as treating acid mine drainage to continue restoration efforts.