RECLAIM Act Letter of Support
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September 29, 2016
Dear Representative:
The undersigned members of the Choose Clean Water Coalition strongly support the RECLAIM Act, H.R. 4456, introduced by Congressman Hal Rogers (R-KY). We urge you to cosponsor and support this bipartisan bill that has strong support from across the political spectrum.
The RECLAIM Act will help communities hit hard by abandoned mines and layoffs from the coal industry. The bill releases $200 million annually for five years from the Abandoned Mine Lands Fund. These funds are already set aside, as the coal industry paid into the Abandoned Mine Lands Fund to mitigate environmental damage and other impacts to coal communities.
The RECLAIM Act will help the economies of coal communities and the health of its residents. It will also be a boon for clean water in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The environmental restoration component to this bill will benefit all of the major tributaries to Chesapeake Bay. The states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia are eligible for benefits from passing the RECLAIM Act, and the Chesapeake Bay will also be a downstream beneficiary. Please cosponsor and support H.R. 4456, the RECLAIM Act.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Anacostia Watershed Society
Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage
Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future
Clean Water Action
Earth Force
Earth Forum of Howard County
Earthworks
Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation
Elk Creeks Watershed Association
Environment America
Friends of Lower Beaverdam Creek
Friends of the Nanticoke River
James River Association
Lackawanna River Conservation Association
Lancaster Farmland Trust
Maryland Conservation Council
Maryland League of Conservation Voters
Mehoopany Creek Watershed Association
Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper
Nature Abounds
PennEnvironment
Pennsylvania Council of Churches
Piedmont Environmental Council
Potomac Conservancy
Potomac Riverkeeper
Potomac Riverkeeper Network
Savage River Watershed Association
Shenandoah Riverkeeper
Shenandoah Valley Network
Sierra Club – Pennsylvania
Sleepy Creek Watershed Association
Southern Environmental Law Center
St. Mary’s River Watershed Association
Upper Potomac Riverkeeper
Virginia Conservation Network
Waterkeepers Chesapeake
West & Rhode Riverkeeper
West Virginia Rivers Coalition
Wicomico Environmental Trust