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Subcommittee approves fund to retain federal abandoned-mine dollars for Southwest Virginia
Summary
Senate Bill 929 would create an abandoned mine land grant retention fund to keep designated federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) dollars in Virginia and allow the state to reserve up to 30% of designated funds for projects addressing coal-mining impacts in Southwest Virginia.
The Senate Rural Affairs Subcommittee voted 5-0 to report Senate Bill 929, which would establish an abandoned mine land grant retention fund into which eligible federal funds from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) would be deposited.
Sen. Travis Hackworth, who presented the bill, said the fund would authorize the director of the state Department of Energy to provide grants for projects…
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