Friends Of The Cheat Inc

THE ALBRIGHT POWER STATION DAM REMOVAL PROJECT ON THE CHEAT RIVER WILL IMPROVE WATERSHED CONNECTIVITY, WATER QUALITY, SENSITIVE SPECIES POPULATION HEALTH, AND FLOOD AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY FOR THE CHEAT RIVER AND ITS COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE REMOVAL OF AN OBSOLETE LOWHEAD DAM. THE PROJECT WILL RECONNECT 75 MILES OF MAINSTEM HABITAT AND HUNDREDS OF MILES OF TRIBUTARY RIVERS AND STREAMS FOR SENSITIVE SPECIES, SUCH AS EASTERN HELLBENDER, FRESHWATER MUSSELS, WALLEYE, AND BROOK TROUT. CURRENTLY, THE ALBRIGHT POWER STATION DAM BLOCKS NATIVE WALLEYE FROM RECOLONIZING THE CHEAT RIVER AFTER DECADES-LONG POLLUTION CLEANUP EFFORTS HAVE RESULTED IN THE RESTORATION OF THEIR POPULATION IN CHEAT LAKE. THE DAM ALSO BLOCKS MAINSTEM CONNECTION BETWEEN LOCAL BROOK TROUT STREAMS UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM. EASTERN HELLBENDER HAVE BEEN DETECTED UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM, ISOLATING POPULATIONS FROM ONE ANOTHER. FRIENDS OF THE CHEAT IS PURSUING REINTRODUCTION EFFORTS FOR NATIVE FRESHWATER MUSSELS IN THE CHEAT RIVER, OF WHICH THE DAM WOULD IMPEDE THEIR SUCCESS. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT WILL OPEN 6 MILES OF RIVER TO FLATWATER PADDLING OPPORTUNITIES, PREVIOUSLY INACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, AND WILL ESTABLISH A NEW PUBLIC RIVER ACCESS POINT. THE PROJECT WILL BENEFIT THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN PRESTON AND TUCKER COUNTIES, OF WHICH THE CHEAT RIVER FLOWS THROUGH. NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE COMMUNITIES INCLUDE INCREASED FISHING OPPORTUNITIES, ONE DAY OR MULTI-DAY PADDLING TRIPS, AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO OFFER RECREATION-BASED TOURISM SERVICES (FOOD, LODGING, FISHING & BOATING SUPPLIES, ETC.) ADDITIONALLY, REMOVING THE ALBRIGHT POWER STATION DAM WILL REDUCE THE RISK OF INFRASTRUCTURE FAILURE IN ALBRIGHT, WV, AS THE STRUCTURE IS OVER 70 YEARS OLD AND NO LONGER SERVES A PURPOSE. SPECIFICALLY, THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT ARE TO COMPLETE DESIGN AND PERMITTING FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE ALBRIGHT POWER STATION DAM AND REMOVE THE DAM AND RESTORE THE ADJACENT RIVER REACH. THE DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES CAN BE DESCRIBED AS THE FOLLOWING: 1 AQUATIC ORGANISM PASSAGE BARRIER RECTIFIED, 75 MILES OF RIVER RECONNECTED, 1.25 MILES OF IN-STREAM HABITAT RESTORED, AND 7 MILES OF RIVER OPENED FOR PUBLIC ACCESS. FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE USED TO CONTRACT THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING SERVICES THAT RESULT IN 100% PLANS FOR REMOVAL AND RESTORATION, LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH ACQUIRING THE DAM AND ADJACENT PROPERTY FOR REMOVAL AND STREAM BANK RESTORATION, AND DEMOLITION/CONSTRUCTION SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH REMOVING THE DAM AND RESTORING THE RIVER REACH. FUNDS WILL ALSO BE USED TO ALLOW FRIENDS OF THE CHEAT STAFF TO MANAGE THE PROJECT, PROVIDE CRITICAL ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT, LEAD STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, COLLABORATE WITH AGENCY PARTNERS, ADVANCE AND SECURE PERMITTING REQUESTS, AND CONDUCT CRITICAL MONITORING ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIES OCCUPANCY AND WATER QUALITY, SUPPORTING FOUR FULL TIME PERMANENT POSITIONS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION OVER 18 MONTHS, AND WILL ALSO COVER A PORTION OF FRIENDS OF THE CHEAT ADMINISTRATION ALLOCATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH MANAGING THE PROJECT AT A 10 PERCENT DE MINIMIS MODIFIED TOTAL DIRECT COST RATE.

FA WV FY2018 WS - BEAVER CREEK

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: FRIENDS OF THE CHEAT (FOC) REQUESTS 100,000 FROM THE OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING AND RECLAMATION (OSMRE) THROUGH THE WATERSHED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM (WCAP) FOR THE SOVERN 62 ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD) PASSIVE TREATMENT SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT NEAR VALLEY POINT, IN PRESTON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. THE PROJECT WILL INVOLVE THE CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING STEEL SLAG PASSIVE AMD TREATMENT SYSTEM TO A LIMESTONE LEACH BED, SETTLING POND, AND TREATMENT WETLAND CONFIGURATION. THIS PROJECT WILL IMPROVE TREATMENT EFFICACY OF A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE TO THE SOVERN RUN SUBWATERSHED OF BIG SANDY CREEK OF THE CHEAT RIVER. THE EXISTING SOVERN 62 TREATMENT SITE HAS BEEN UNDERPERFORMING SINCE 2011, AS THE EFFICACY OF STEEL SLAG TREATMENT HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT DUE TO UNSTABLE RATIOS OF STEEL SLAG EFFLUENT: AMD. ON AVERAGE, THE AMD SEEPS AT THE SOVERN 62 SITE (MC27F-100-6) CONTRIBUTE APPROXIMATELY CONTRIBUTES APPROXIMATELY 288 POUNDS PER YEAR OF ALUMINUM AND 175 POUNDS PER YEAR OF IRON TO SOVERN RUN.EXPECTED DELIVERABLES OR OUTCOMES: FOC ANTICIPATES A 80 100 LOAD REDUCTION OF ACIDITY, ALUMINUM AND IRON AS WELL AS THE SYSTEM OUT EFFLUENT MEETING WATER QUALITY STANDARDS IF THE STEEL SLAG TREATMENT COMPONENTS AT SOVERN 62 ARE CONVERTED TO A LIMESTONE LEACH BED, SETTLING POND, AND WETLAND CONFIGURATION. FOCS OVERALL GOAL FOR SOVERN RUN IS TO MOVE IT FROM THE WEST VIRGINIAS 303(D) LIST OF IMPAIRED STREAMS FOR ACIDITY, IRON, AND ALUMINUM TO SUPPLEMENTAL TABLE C: IMPROVED WATERS, THUS DOCUMENTING IMPROVE WATER QUALITY CONDITIONS FOR AQUATIC ORGANISMS AS WELL AS HUMAN HEALTH AND RECREATION. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THIS PROJECT, LOCATED IN TRIBUTARY SOVERN RUN, WILL BENEFIT BIG SANDY CREEK OF THE CHEAT RIVER, WHICH HOSTS A VIABLE FISHERY AND IS NATIONALLY RENOWNED FOR RIVER RECREATION. SOVERN RUN IS ALSO USED RECREATIONALLY BY EXPERIENCED WHITEWATER BOATERS, AND IN RECENT YEARS FISH AND OTHER AQUATIC ORGANISMS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AFTER DECADES OF CLEAN-UP EFFORTS TO ADDRESS ACID MINE DRAINAGE FROM ABANDONED MINE LANDS.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: DREAM MOUNTAIN PASSIVE TREATMENT SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS - PHASE II WILL INCREASE TREATMENT EFFICACY AT THE DREAM MOUNTAIN SITE AND WILL REMOVE A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD) FROM MUDDY CREEK. ON AVERAGE (PRIOR TO PHASE I CONSTRUCTION), ACID MINE DRAINAGE LOADS ENTERING MUDDY CREEK FROM THE SITE ARE APPROXIMATELY 805.17 POUNDS PER DAY OF ACIDITY, 59.85 POUNDS PER DAY OF DISSOLVED ALUMINUM, 29.01 POUNDS PER DAY OF DISSOLVED IRON, AND 4.57 POUNDS PER DAY DISSOLVED MANGANESE. FRIENDS OF THE CHEAT AND OUR PARTNERS EXECUTED THE PHASE I OF THE DREAM MOUNTAIN PASSIVE TREATMENT SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS TO CONVERT THE STEEL SLAG BED TO AN AUTO-FLUSHING VERTICAL FLOW POND AND CONVERT THE MIXING BASIN INTO A SETTLING POND IN 2021. HOWEVER, THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH FUNDS TO CONVERT WETLAND CELL 1 INTO A SECOND ALKALINITY SOURCE (LIMESTONE LEACH BED OR JENNINGS POND) OR REHABILITATE WETLAND CELL 2 AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED.EXPECTED DELIVERABLES OR OUTCOMES: THE OVERALL GOAL FOR MUDDY CREEK IS TO REMOVE THE STREAM FROM THE STATE'S LIST OF IMPAIRED STREAMS.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO RECOVER FISHABLE WATER NOT ADDRESSED BY OTHER RESTORATION EFFORTS IN THE WATERSHED THEREBY RECONNECTING THE UPPER FISHERY WITH THE QUICKLY IMPROVING LOWER SECTION OF MUDDY CREEK AND THE CHEAT RIVER.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES (IF KNOWN OR SPECIFIED AT TIME OF AWARD): N/A

FY 2020 WCAP - MCELROY SEEP BEAVER CREEK AMD PASSIVE TREATMENT SYSTEM

FA WV FY2019 WS - MUDDY CREEK DREAM MOUNTAIN

FA WV FRIENDS OF THE CHEAT'S FY 2014 NORTH FORK OF GREENS RUN WCAP PROJECT

FA WV FRIENDS OF THE CHEAT'S FY 2014 SOVERN RUN TITCHENELL WCAP

FA WV FY 2013 FRIENDS OF THE CHEAT'S UPPER MUDDY SCHWAB WCAP COOP

PASE PHASE II AMD PROJECT

GLADE RUN (ALLEN CONNER SITE) AMD REMEDIATION PROJECT

MIDDLE FORK OF GREENS RUN

GLADE RUN/CONNOR SITE

FRIENDS OF THE CHEAT GLADE RUN MESSENGER PROJECT

THE ALBRIGHT POWER STATION DAM REMOVAL PROJECT ON THE CHEAT RIVER WILL IMPROVE WATERSHED CONNECTIVITY, WATER QUALITY, SENSITIVE SPECIES POPULATION HEALTH, AND FLOOD AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY FOR THE CHEAT RIVER AND ITS COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE REMOVAL OF AN OBSOLETE LOWHEAD DAM THE PROJECT WILL RECONNECT 75 MILES OF MAINSTEM HABITAT AND HUNDREDS OF MILES OF TRIBUTARY RIVERS AND STREAMS FOR SENSITIVE SPECIES, SUCH AS EASTERN HELLBENDER, FRESHWATER MUSSELS, WALLEYE, AND BROOK TROUT CURRENTLY, THE ALBRIGHT POWER STATION DAM BLOCKS NATIVE WALLEYE FROM RECOLONIZING THE CHEAT RIVER AFTER DECADES LONG POLLUTION CLEANUP EFFORTS HAVE RESULTED IN THE RESTORATION OF THEIR POPULATION IN CHEAT LAKE THE DAM ALSO BLOCKS MAINSTEM CONNECTION BETWEEN LOCAL BROOK TROUT STREAMS UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM EASTERN HELLBENDER HAVE BEEN DETECTED UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM, ISOLATING POPULATIONS FROM ONE ANOTHER FRIENDS OF THE CHEAT IS PURSUING REINTRODUCTION EFFORTS FOR NATIVE FRESHWATER MUSSELS IN THE CHEAT RIVER, OF WHICH THE DAM WOULD IMPEDE THEIR SUCCESS ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT WILL OPEN 6 MILES OF RIVER TO FLATWATER PADDLING OPPORTUNITIES, PREVIOUSLY INACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, AND WILL ESTABLISH A NEW PUBLIC RIVER ACCESS POINT THE PROJECT WILL BENEFIT THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN PRESTON AND TUCKER COUNTIES, OF WHICH THE CHEAT RIVER FLOWS THROUGH NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE COMMUNITIES INCLUDE INCREASED FISHING OPPORTUNITIES, ONE DAY OR MULTI DAY PADDLING TRIPS, AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO OFFER RECREATION BASED TOURISM SERVICES FOOD, LODGING, FISHING AND BOATING SUPPLIES, ETC ADDITIONALLY, REMOVING THE ALBRIGHT POWER STATION DAM WILL REDUCE THE RISK OF INFRASTRUCTURE FAILURE IN ALBRIGHT, WV, AS THE STRUCTURE IS OVER 70 YEARS OLD AND NO LONGER SERVES A PURPOSE SPECIFICALLY, THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT ARE TO COMPLETE DESIGN AND PERMITTING FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE ALBRIGHT POWER STATION DAM AND REMOVE THE DAM AND RESTORE THE ADJACENT RIVER REACH THE DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES CAN BE DESCRIBED AS THE FOLLOWING 1 AQUATIC ORGANISM PASSAGE BARRIER RECTIFIED, 75 MILES OF RIVER RECONNECTED, 1 25 MILES OF IN STREAM HABITAT RESTORED, AND 7 MILES OF RIVER OPENED FOR PUBLIC ACCESS FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT 75,000 OF 585,700 TOTAL NEEDED TO COMPLETE ENGINEERING AND PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT WILL BE USED TO ADVANCE FINAL DESIGN OF THE PROJECT

JESSOP PORTALS #1 AMD PROJECT

CHEAT RIVER ALBRIGHT POWER DAM REMOVAL PROJECT

FA WV FY2016 WS

ARTS-CULTURE-TOURISM

FA WV FY 2013 FRIENDS OF THE CHEAT'S UPPER MUDDY 2.1 WCAP COOP