Stream Restoration Incorporated

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FA PA FY2015 WS

JB#1 RACCOON CREEK AMD PROJECT

FA PA FY2019 WS - SLIPPERY ROCK

FA PA STREAM RESTORATION, INC.'S FY2011 TROMPE APPLIED SCIENCE COOP

OBJECTIVES: TO REHABILITATE THE MAIDEN PASSIVE SYSTEM IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TREATMENT OF THE ABANDONED MINE DISCHARGE AND RESTORATION OF DUNKARD CREEK. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE MAIDEN PASSIVE TREATMENT SYSTEM (MAIDEN PTS) IN DUNKARD TOWNSHIP, GREENE COUNTY WAS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN 2006 TO ADDRESS TWO ABANDONED MINE DISCHARGES INCLUDING ONE OF THE LARGEST SOURCES OF ACIDIC AMD IN THE DUNKARD CREEK WATERSHED. THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED AS PART OF A VAST PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP EFFORT TO RESTORE DUNKARD CREEK WHICH WAS BEING IMPACTED BY OLD, ABANDONED COAL MINES. THIS PARTNERSHIP INCLUDED WATERSHED AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, PRIVATE COMPANIES AND LOCAL CITIZENS. ABOUT ONE YEAR AFTER COMPLETION, THE LANDOWNER REVOKED ALL PERMISSIONS TO ENTER THE PROPERTY WHICH PREVENTED MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM. STREAM RESTORATION INCORPORATED AND VARIOUS PROJECT PARTNERS SPENT SEVERAL YEARS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ATTEMPTING TO A NEW AGREEMENT AND AT ONE POINT EVEN TRIED TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE TREATMENT SYSTEM WAS THOUGHT TO BE LOST. THEN IN 2015, MEPCO, LLC SPECIFICALLY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SRI ACCESS TO OPERATE, MAINTAIN, MONITOR, REHABILITATE AND IMPROVE THE MAIDEN PTS. AFTER ALMOST 10 YEARS OF TREATING HIGHLY ACIDIC AND METAL LADEN WATER WITH NO MAINTENANCE, THE SYSTEM WAS FOUND TO BE IN VERY POOR CONDITION. THE AMD WAS ESSENTIALLY BYPASSING MOST OF THE TREATMENT COMPONENTS. FUNDING WAS PULLED TOGETHER FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES TO RESTORE THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE EXISTING COMPONENTS AS FEASIBLE. THIS INITIAL PHASE WAS COMPLETED IN 2016. WHILE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER QUALITY WERE ACHIEVED, ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED INCLUDING EXPANDING EXISTING TREATMENT CAPABILITY. WORK TO BE COMPLETED INCLUDES CLEANING OF LIMESTONE, ADDING ADDITIONAL TREATMENT MEDIA, AND CONVERTING THE EXISTING HORIZONTAL FLOW LIMESTONE BED TO A MIXED MEDIA JENNINGSSTYLE VERTICAL FLOW POND. COMBINED WITH THE EFFORTS OF MEPCO, LLC THESE PROPOSED EFFORTS ARE EXPECTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE DUNKARD CREEK. ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS: THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO REHABILITATE THE MAIDEN PASSIVE TREATMENT SYSTEM. ONCE COMPLETED THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TREAT AN ESTIMATED 150 MILLION GALLONS OF AMD PER YEAR RESULTING IN THE NEUTRALIZATION OF MORE THAN 100,000 LB YEAR OF ACIDITY AND THE PREVENTION OF MORE THAN 25,000 LB YEAR OF IRON AND 20,000 LB YEAR OF ALUMINUM FROM ENTERING DUNKARD CREEK. RESTORING THE TREATMENT SYSTEM WILL HELP TO MAINTAIN THE IMPROVEMENT GAINS TO THE WATER QUALITY AND AQUATIC LIFE OF DUNKARD CREEK. PROJECT PARTNERS: BIOMOST, INC. MEPCO, LLC PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STREAM RESTORATION INCORPORATED

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: TO DATE, TWO TREATMENT SYSTEMS, LAUREL RUN #1 (2001) AND LAUREL RUN #2 (2005) HAVE BEEN INSTALLED TO ADDRESS AMD ISSUES IN LAUREL RUN, A TRIBUTARY TO THE MAINSTEM OF BLACKLICK CREEK THAT ENTERS JUST UPSTREAM OF JOSEPHINE, PA. WATER MONITORING OF LAUREL RUN HAS DEMONSTRATED SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN WATER QUALITY DUE TO THE TWO PASSIVE SYSTEMS. WHILE IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO PROLONG THE LIFE OF THE 20-YEAR-OLD SYSTEM THROUGH STIRRING OF THE EXISTING TREATMENT MEDIA AND PERFORMANCE OF OTHER MAINTENANCE IN THE SHORT-TERM, BASED ON THE EXISTING DESIGN AND PAST MAINTENANCE ISSUES, THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO REHABILITATE THE SYSTEM AND POTENTIALLY IMPROVE THE DESIGN BASED ON THE MOST RECENT UNDERSTANDING OF PASSIVE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY. IN ADDITION, THE SYSTEM CAN LIKELY BE EXPANDED TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF DISCHARGE TO BE TREATED WITH LESS FREQUENT EPISODES OF UNTREATED WATER REACHING THE STREAM. THIS PROJECT WILL DESIGN, PERMIT, AND REHABILITATE/EXPAND THE LAUREL RUN #1 PASSIVE TREATMENT SYSTEM. CONSTRUCTION WILL FOCUS PRIMARILY ON RECONFIGURING TWO OF THE EXISTING VERTICAL FLOW PONDS AND EXPANDING A THIRD. NEW PIPING AND TREATMENT MEDIA WILL BE INSTALLED.EXPECTED DELIVERABLES OR OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO REHABILITATE THE LAUREL RUN #1 PASSIVE TREATMENT SYSTEM. ONCE COMPLETED THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TREAT AN ESTIMATED 55 MILLION GALLONS OF AMD PER YEAR RESULTING IN THE NEUTRALIZATION OF OVER 50,000 LB/YEAR OF ACIDITY AND THE PREVENTION OF ABOUT 3,000 LB/YEAR OF IRON AND 4,000 LB/YEAR OF ALUMINUM FROM ENTERING LAUREL RUN, WHICH IS IDENTIFIED AS AN IMPAIRED STREAM ON THE PENNSYLVANIA INTEGRATED WATERS REPORT. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: RESTORING THE TREATMENT SYSTEM WILL HELP TO MAINTAIN THE IMPROVEMENT GAINS TO THE WATER QUALITY AND AQUATIC LIFE IN LAUREL RUN. THE NEW SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DISCHARGE BETTER WATER QUALITY MORE CONSISTENTLY THAN THE EXISTING SYSTEM, WHICH SHOULD LEAD TO FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES (IF KNOWN OR SPECIFIED AT TIME OF AWARD): N/A

FA PA FY2019 WS - RICHARDS PASSIVE SYSTEM

FA PA FY2016 WS - PURITAN DISCHARGE

FA PA FY 2013 STREAM RESTORATION'S PINE GLEN WCAP COOP

JENNINGS ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER VFP PROJECT