AML Reauthorization: We need your help
Earlier this week, you probably received an issue of Abandoned Mine Posts in which I asked you to urge Pennsylvania Senators Santorum and Specter to incorporate abandoned mine reclamation reauthorization language into a bill that can be passed, and to do so quickly. Congress will be in session until September 29, when they will recess until a post-election lame duck session. If the political will exists, this period is enough time to reauthorize AML funding. Our senators need to hear that this is an extremely important issue for us, their constituents, so they can properly set their priorities. Specifically, they immediately need to hear:
“Passing a law incorporating the language of S.2616 is vital to the reclamation of Pennsylvania’s lands and waters decimated by a century of unregulated coal mining. This can and must be done before the September 29 Congressional recess. Time is short: use your leadership position to deliver the legislation to our citizens now.”
Hearing from enough constituents can make the difference. If this is important to you, please contact Senators Santorum and/or Specter by phone, fax, or email at the earliest possible date. Their contact information is contained in the links below.
Senator Rick Santorum
Senator Arlen Specter
S.2616 Text and Information
from the Library of Congress
If you do contact them, I’d appreciate a brief reply telling me you’ve done so. Thanks so much.
Bruce Golden
Regional Coordinator, WPCAMR
bruce@wpcamr.org (724) 837-5271