Evergreen Conservancy

BEAR RUN AMD RESTORATION PROJECT PHASE II

FA PA FY 2013 EVERGREEN CONSERVANCY'S BEAR RUN PHASE IX & X WCAP COOP

PROGRAM: NOT-FOR-PROFIT ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD) RECLAMATIONAWARD PURPOSE: FUNDING ASSISTS LOCAL QUALIFIED NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO BEGIN ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY OF STREAMS IMPACTED BY AMD. LANDS AND WATER ELIGIBLE FOR RECLAMATION OR DRAINAGE ABATEMENT EXPENDITURES UNDER SECTION 404 OF PUBLIC LAW 95-87 (THE ACT), AS AMENDED, ARE THOSE WHICH WERE MINED FOR COAL OR WHICH WERE AFFECTED BY SUCH MINING, WASTE BANKS, COAL PROCESSING, OR OTHER COAL MINING PROCESSES, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER SECTION 411 OF THE ACT PRIOR TO AUGUST 3, 1977, AND FOR WHICH THERE IS NO CONTINUING RECLAMATION RESPONSIBILITY UNDER STATE OR OTHER FEDERAL LAWS.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE TANOMA AMD TREATMENT SYSTEM IS LOCATED IN THE HEAD WATERS OF CROOKED CREEK IN INDIANA COUNTY. THE TREATMENT SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED IN THE EARLY 90'S BY DEP, RESULTING IN THE ELIMINATION OF 23 TONS/YEAR OF IRON BEING DISCHARGED INTO CROOKED CREEK. IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THE PASSIVE TREATMENT SYSTEM HAS BECOME INEFFECTIVE DUE TO THE INABILITY OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM TO GENERATE ENOUGH IRON OXIDATION IN THE FIRST SETTLING POND. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONSTRUCT STRUCTURES WITHIN THE SYSTEM'S FOOTPRINT TO ALLOW A SHALLOW SHEET FLOW OF THE INFLUENT INTO THE FIRST POND. THIS WILL INCREASE THE OXIDATION AND GAS EXCHANGE AND ASSURE MORE RAPID IRON OXIDATION. IN ADDITION, THE PROJECT HOPES TO DECREASE THE SPEED OF THE WATER FLOW TO OBTAIN MAXIMUM SOLIDS PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE USE OF ADDITIONAL BAFFLE CURTAINS IN THE FIRST TWO PONDS. THE PROJECT MAY ALSO FIND THAT DREDGING A PORTION OF THE EXISTING IRON FROM THE INITIAL SETTLING PONDS WILL BE REQUIRED TO INCREASE THE RETENTION TIME.EXPECTED DELIVERABLES OR OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT'S GOAL IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE WATER DISCHARGING FROM THE TANOMA PASSIVE TREATMENT SYSTEM AS IT ENTERS CROOKED CREEK, ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN THE PLANTS IN THE WETLANDS HAVE DIED AND INFLUENT WATER FLOW IS GREATER. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE DECREASED IRON CONCENTRATION IN CROOKED CREEK WILL BE A BENEFIT TO THE INDIANA COUNTY MUNICIPAL SERVICES AUTHORITY'S CROOKED CREEK PLANT THAT MAINTAINS A DRINKING WATER INTAKE APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES DOWNSTREAM. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES (IF KNOWN OR SPECIFIED AT TIME OF AWARD): N/A

PROGRAM:NOT-FOR-PROFIT ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD) RECLAMATIONAWARD PURPOSE: FUNDING ASSISTS LOCAL QUALIFIED NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO BEGIN ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY OF STREAMS IMPACTED BY AMD. LANDS AND WATER ELIGIBLE FOR RECLAMATION OR DRAINAGE ABATEMENT EXPENDITURES UNDER SECTION 404 OF PUBLIC LAW 95-87 (THE ACT), AS AMENDED, ARE THOSE WHICH WERE MINED FOR COAL OR WHICH WERE AFFECTED BY SUCH MINING, WASTE BANKS, COAL PROCESSING, OR OTHER COAL MINING PROCESSES, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER SECTION 411 OF THE ACT PRIOR TO AUGUST 3, 1977, AND FOR WHICH THERE IS NO CONTINUING RECLAMATION RESPONSIBILITY UNDER STATE OR OTHER FEDERAL LAWS.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED:DUE TO A LACK IN ELEVATION CHANGE ON THE SITE, THE DISCHARGE WILL BE PUT THROUGH A FLOW-SPLITTING POOL, THEN TO TWO LAYERED-STYLE VERTICAL FLOW PONDS THAT WILL HAVE A FEW FEET OF LIMESTONE WITH APPROXIMATELY 6" TO 1' OF COMPOST ON TOP AS WELL AS A WATER CAP. THE FINAL POND WILL BE AN AEROBIC WETLAND BEFORE DISCHARGING TO TWO LICK CREEK. DURING THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE PROJECT, STREAM RESTORATION INCORPORATED WILL DETERMINE IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO PUT IN A TIF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SYSTEM TO PROMOTE LOW PH IRON REMOVAL. THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY OF THE DISCHARGE BEFORE IT ENTERS TWO LICK CREEK BETTER THAN THE CURRENT LIME DOSING SILO.EXPECTED DELIVERABLES OR OUTCOMES:PROPER TREATMENT OF THIS DISCHARGE CAN PREVENT APPROXIMATELY 60.3 TONS OF ACIDITY, FIVE TONS OF IRON (FE), AND FIVE TONS OF ALUMINUM (AI) PER YEAR FROM ENTERING TWO LICK CREEK. THIS WILL CONSEQUENTLY IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY AND BIOTA OF THIS REGIONALLY VALUABLE STREAM. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES:THE WILD TROUT FISHERY OF TWO LICK CREEK SHOULD INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY FROM DIRECT IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER QUALITY AND INDIRECT IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER FERTILITY AND MACROINVERTEBRATE POPULATIONS.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES (IF KNOWN OR SPECIFIED AT TIME OF AWARD): N/A