Allegheny River Headwaters Watershed Conservation Plan
Allegheny River Headwaters Watershed Conservation Plan
Allegheny River Headwaters Watershed Conservation Plan
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<strong>Allegheny</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>Headwaters</strong> <strong>Conservation</strong> <strong>Plan</strong><br />
Chapter 7. Management Recommendations<br />
GOAL 2-4: PROMOTE SOUND MINERAL EXTRACTION PRACTICES AND REDUCE<br />
ASSOCIATED IMPACTS (CONTINUED).<br />
Objective 2: Promote management practices on active mining sites to minimize and prevent impacts and to<br />
improve conditions where possible (continued).<br />
Method to achieve objective: Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority<br />
2. Establish and enforce requirements for sealing coredrillings,<br />
preventing the contamination of water sources.<br />
<strong>Conservation</strong><br />
Groups,<br />
<strong>Conservation</strong><br />
Districts, DEP<br />
Foundations, Private<br />
Sources, DEP, EPA<br />
High<br />
3. Utilize high-value hardwood tree plantings as one<br />
method to reclaim abandoned mine lands, and support<br />
the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental<br />
Protection and United States Department of Interior's<br />
Office of Surface Mining Reforestation Initiative on<br />
active mine sites.<br />
<strong>Conservation</strong><br />
Groups,<br />
<strong>Conservation</strong><br />
Districts, DEP<br />
Foundations, Private<br />
Sources, DEP, EPA<br />
High<br />
Objective 3: Minimize impacts caused by exploration, production, retirement, and abandonment of oil and<br />
gas wells.<br />
Method to achieve objective: Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority<br />
1. Institute closer government oversight on gas-well<br />
exploration and production, including impacts to the<br />
natural resources.<br />
<strong>Conservation</strong><br />
Groups,<br />
Landowners, DEP<br />
Foundations, Private<br />
Sources, DEP<br />
High<br />
2. Establish water quality monitoring program for water<br />
wells located near proposed, existing, and abandoned oil<br />
and gas well sites.<br />
<strong>Conservation</strong><br />
Groups,<br />
Landowners,<br />
Drilling Companies<br />
Foundations, Private<br />
Sources, DEP<br />
High<br />
3. Plug abandoned gas wells to prevent brine water from<br />
entering streams and aquifers.<br />
<strong>Conservation</strong><br />
Groups, Landowners<br />
Foundations, Private<br />
Sources, DEP<br />
High<br />
4. Monitor cumulative impacts of oil and gas wells and<br />
implement best management practices to reduce impacts<br />
protecting watershed resources.<br />
<strong>Conservation</strong><br />
Groups,<br />
<strong>Conservation</strong><br />
Districts, DEP<br />
Foundations, Private<br />
Sources, DEP<br />
High<br />
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