Western Pennsylvania Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation

THE PROPOSED VICTOR 10 ABANDONED MINE DISCHARGE (AMD) PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT LOCATED IN WEST CARROLLTOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, PA WILL COLLECT AN ABANDONED MINE DISCHARGE AND CONVEY IT THROUGH UNDERGROUND PIPINGOVER 2100 FEET TO THE CLEAN STREAMS FOUNDATIONS LANCASHIRE 20 MINE ACTIVE TREATMENT PLANT. ONCE THE DISCHARGEENTERS THE TREATMENT PLANT, AERATION AND OR CAUSTIC WILL BE ADDED BEFORE ENTERING A SERIES OF PONDS TO REMOVE THEMETALS BEFORE OUT-LETTING INTO THE STREAM AS CLEAN WATER. PIPING VICTOR 10 TO THE 20 MINE ACTIVE TREATMENTSYSTEM WILL BE COST-EFFECTIVE AND WILL CLEAN UP APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE OF STREAM. ADDITIONALLY, THIS PROJECT WILLPOSITIVELY IMPACT WATER QUALITY OF THE WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, WHICH IS A CLASS A WILD TROUT STREAM FOR A20 MILES PORTION DOWNSTREAM OF THIS PROJECT. THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION (SRBC) PLANS TO DETERMINE THEADDITIONAL TREATMENT NEEDS OF THE WEST BRANCH DOWNSTREAM OF VICTOR 10 ONCE THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETED IN HOPES OFRESTORING THE STREAM SEGMENT PRIOR TO THE ENTRY OF THE LANCASHIRE 15 ACTIVE TREATMENT PLANT TREATED FLOW.WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA COALTION FOR ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION (WPCAMR) IS APPLYING TO THE OFFICE OF SURFACE MINERECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT WATERSHED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM FOR A GRANT TO FUND A PORTION OF THE VICTOR 10 ABANDONED MINE DISCHARGE (AMD) PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. WPCAMR IS A 501C3, NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONTHAT SERVES THE 24 COUNTIES OF THE BITUMINOUS COAL REGION OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. WPCAMR ASSISTS AS A FISCALAGENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF AMD TREATMENT SYSTEMS, ADMINISTERS THE QUICK RESPONSE PROGRAM THAT REPAIRS AMDTREATMENT SYSTEMS ACROSS THE STATE, CO-CHAIRS AN ANNUAL PENNSYLVANIA ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION CONFERNCE.PROJECT PARTNERS INCLUDE: SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION (SRBC) STAFF INSTALLED FLOW MONITORING DEVICE AND COLLECTED WATERSAMPLES FROM DISCHARGE, TECHNICAL AND GRANT ASSISTANCE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BUREAU OF ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION (BAMR) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, OPERATION MAINTENANCE, AND LANDOWNER. PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS SOMERSET TECHNICAL OFFICE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITHSURVEYING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT. CAMBRIA COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT ADMINISTERING THE MATCHING GRANT FROM SRBC CLEAN STREAMS FOUNDATION LANDOWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE 20 MINE ACTIVE TREATMENT PLANTSPECIFIC DELIVERABLES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:DELIVERABLE 1: FISCAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROJECTDELIVERABLE 2: EASEMENTS, PERMITS, DESIGN, BIDDING TO BE COMPLETED BY PROJECT PARTNERSDELIVERABLE 3: CONSTRUCTION OF THE VICTOR 10 AMD PIPELINE

FY 2020 WCAP - BROAD TOP TOWNSHIP

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: WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA COALITION FOR ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION IS SERVING AS THE APPLICANT FOR A PROJECT LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF ST. MARYS, ELK COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA TITLED: WEST CREEK AMD TREATMENT SYSTEM INSTALLATION. THE TREATMENT SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO TREAT FOUR MINE DISCHARGE SITES. THE SYSTEM IS SPATIALLY DIVIDED INTO TWO DISTINCT TREATMENT AREAS BASED ON THE LOCATIONS OF THE ACID MINE DRAINAGE DISCHARGE SOURCES. TREATMENT AREA 1 IS THE LARGER OF THE TWO AREAS AND TREATS THREE DISCHARGES. TREATMENT AREA 1 IS DESIGNED TO USE A TERRACED IRON FORMATION (TIFF) AND A JENNINGS- STYLE VERTICAL FLOW POND (JVFP), WHICH HAS A 20 YEAR- DESIGN LIFE. THE TIFF PROVIDES A LOW- COST TREATMENT THAT WILL HELP TO PROLONG THE LIFE OF THE JVFP THROUGH THE PRECIPITATION OF A PORTION OF THE IRON BEFORE IT REACHES THE FIRST ALKALINITY GENERATING COMPONENT. THIS HELPS TO PRESERVE THE HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY AND LONG- TERM FUNCTIONALITY OF THE JVFP TREATMENT MEDIA. TREATMENT AREA 2 IS DESIGNED TO TREAT ONE DISCHARGE USING AN ANOXIC LIMESTONE DRAIN, WHICH HAS A LIFETIME OF 20 YEARS.EXPECTED DELIVERABLES OR OUTCOMES: TREATMENT AREA 1 (DISCHARGES WC2, WC3, WC4): INSTALLATION OF A TERRACED IRON FORMATION (TIFF) WHICH SERVES AS A COLLECTION CHANNEL TO CAPTURE THE DIFFUSE SEEP ZONE, AND PROVIDES A MEANS FOR LOW-PH IRON REMOVAL TO OCCUR PRIOR TO TREATMENT IN THE SUBSEQUENT PRIMARY ALKALINITY GENERATING TREATMENT COMPONENT, WHICH IS THE JENNINGS STYLE VERTICAL FLOW POND (JVFP). TREATMENT AREA 2 (DISCHARGE WC6): INSTALLATION OF AN ANOXIC LIMESTONE DRAIN (ALD) WHICH ALLOWS FOR OXIDATION, PRECIPITATION, SETTLING, AND STORAGE OF IRON SOLIDS PRIOR TO THE ATER DISCHARGING INTO WEST CREEK.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THIS PROJECT WILL BENEFIT ANY RESIDENCE WITHIN THE FOUR MUNICIPALITIES OF THE CITY OF ST. MARYS, EMPORIUM BOROUGH, JONES TOWNSHIP, AND SHIPPEN TOWNSHIP, BETWEEN ELK AND CAMERON COUNTY. BENEFITS WILL BE ABLE TO BE SEEN IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE SINNEMAHONING RIVER IN THE SUSQUEHANNA WATERSHED.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES (IF KNOWN OR SPECIFIED AT TIME OF AWARD): N/A

LITTLE COON RUN

WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA COALTION FOR ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION (WPCAMR) IS A 501C3, NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION THATSERVES AS THE FISCAL SPONSOR FOR PENNSYLVANIAS QUICK RESPONSE PROGRAM. QUICK RESPONSE PROVIDES REPAIRASSISTANCE EMERGENCY OR URGENT MAINTENANCE REPAIRS OF BMPS THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH. THIS PROPOSAL WILLSUPPLEMENT QUICK RESPONSE ROUND 10 FUNDING. WPCAMR HAS BEEN ADMINISTERING THIS PROGRAM SINCE 2006. EXPERIENCEWITH THE NINE PREVIOUS ROUNDS OF FUNDING THROUGH PENNSYLVANIAS GROWING GREENER PROGRAM SHOWS THAT THE MAJORITYOF PROJECTS AIDED BY QUICK RESPONSE ARE ABANDONED MINE DRAINAGE (AMD) TREATMENT SYSTEMS.OVER 300 AMD TREATMENT SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED BY LOCAL NON-PROFITS AND COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICTSTHROUGH COMBINATION OF COMMONWEALTH, LOCAL, FOUNDATION, AND FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS. EACH OF THESE SYSTEMS IMPROVESWATER QUALITY OF THEIR RECEIVING STREAM AND IF THE SYSTEM FAILS TO WORK DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS FOR OPERATIONS,MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, THOSE STREAM IMPROVEMENTS WILL REVERT. NEARLY ALL OF THESE SYSTEMS ARE OPERATED BYVOLUNTEERS AND ONLY A FEW OF THEM HAVE DEDICATED FUNDS FOR OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND REHABILITATION NEEDS,EITHER SCHEDULED OR EMERGENCY. THIS MEANS THAT MOST REPAIRS ARE FUNDED ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS THROUGH FUNDRAISINGAND GRANT-WRITING.THE QUICK RESPONSE PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDS, UPON REQUEST AND PROPER APPROVAL, TO ANY PHYSICAL FACILITY THAT ISOTHERWISE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR GROWING GREENER GRANTS, ESPECIALLY AMD TREATMENT SYSTEMS. A HIGHLIGHT OF THISPROGRAM IS THE SPEED AT WHICH WPCAMR SERVES AS A PASS THROUGH AND CAN ADDRESS EMERGENCY SITUATIONS THAT ARISE ASWELL AS CORRECTING EMERGENT ISSUES BEFORE THEY CAUSE TREATMENT SYSTEM FAILURE AND IMPACT WATER QUALITY THAT ISIMPROVED THROUGH TREATMENT.PROJECT PARTNERS INCLUDE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ALL PENNSYLVANIA COUNTYCONSERVATION DISTRICTS WHO OPERATE AMD TREATMENT SYSTEMS, ALL PENNSYLVANIA NON-PROFITS WHO OPERATE AMD TREATMENTSYSTEMS.SPECIFIC DELIVERABLES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:DELIVERABLE 1: FISCAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROJECTDELIVERABLE 2: CONTRACTUAL SERVICES FOR THE REPAIR OF BMPS