Web Page: DATE POSTED May 1, 2008
DATE LAST MODIFIED: May 1, 2008
DATE LAST REVIEWED: May 1, 2008
Reclamation Awards
Since 1986, the Office of Surface Mining has presented awards to coal mine operators who completed
exemplary reclamation. A parallel award program for abandoned mine land reclamation began in 1992. The
objective was to give public recognition to those responsible for the nation's most outstanding achievement in
environmentally sound surface mining and land reclamation and to encourage the exchange and transfer of successful
reclamation technology.
