Energy and Environment
Natural Resources
Abandoned Mine Lands
Actual FY 2024Actual FY 2025Revised FY 2026Recommended FY 2027Recommended FY 2028
SOURCE OF FUNDS
Restricted Funds
Balance Forward3,779,6783,215,1902,779,3001,582,000811,600
Current Receipts604,467784,592759,200759,200759,200
Non-Revenue Receipts130,225310,97217,418,70017,794,20019,016,400
Total Restricted Funds4,514,3704,310,75320,957,20020,135,40020,587,200
Federal Fund
Balance Forward(369,875)50,056,42129,321,90054,288,70079,617,400
Current Receipts40,846,08519,541,85045,809,80045,746,00047,156,500
Non-Revenue Receipts22,071,182(26,917,349)(195,500)(199,100)(199,100)
Total Federal Fund62,547,39242,680,92374,936,20099,835,600126,574,800
TOTAL SOURCE OF FUNDS67,061,76146,991,67695,893,400119,971,000147,162,000
EXPENDITURES BY CLASS
Personnel Costs10,779,81310,826,19612,195,60011,823,10012,098,500
Operating Expenses1,516,6491,463,4791,695,3001,754,8001,755,600
Grants Loans Benefits30,24831,52050,00050,00050,000
Capital Outlay512,8821,066,128897,100649,900649,900
Construction950,5581,503,05525,184,70025,264,20025,411,700
TOTAL EXPENDITURES13,790,15014,890,37740,022,70039,542,00039,965,700
EXPENDITURES BY FUND SOURCE
Restricted Funds1,299,1801,531,40319,375,20019,323,80019,477,200
Federal Fund12,490,97013,358,97320,647,50020,218,20020,488,500
TOTAL EXPENDITURES13,790,15014,890,37640,022,70039,542,00039,965,700

The Division of Abandoned Mine Lands administers abandoned or unreclaimed land reclamation activities on previously surface-mined land or land used in connection with surface mining under Title IV of Public Law 95-87 and/or KRS 350.550 to KRS 350.597.

The Division administers a bond forfeiture reclamation program; bonds forfeited to the Commonwealth due to the failure to mine and reclaim a coal mine site to the standards specified by the mine permit are used by the state to reclaim the site for which the bond was posted.

The Division administers a water supply replacement program which extends waterlines into areas where drinking water has been contaminated by past mining. The division budgets up to 30 percent of its annual funding on waterline projects each year. Federal funds for this program are provided from federal tax levies imposed under Public Law 95-87 on all coal mined since August 3, 1977. Approximately 150,000 acres of abandoned mine lands in Kentucky are eligible for reclamation. All state and partial federal project contracts are administered by this agency.