Innovative Technology Grant Final Reports
In October 2006, BAMR issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) (No. OSM PA(AMD-06)) for the demonstration or implementation of new or innovative in-situ or ex-situ treatment or abatement technologies or enhanced metals recovery for acid mine drainage (AMD). In June 2007, BAMR entered into agreements with four applicants. The demonstration projects and final reports were completed by 2010:
BAMR issued a January 2005 RFP (No. OSM PA(AMD-04)) as an initiative to promote the implementation of new technologies, and to promote economic development or industrial application of mine pools and abandoned mine lands, and awarded seven contracts. The demonstration projects and final reports were completed by 2009:
DEP awarded a Growing Greener grant in 2006 for one other innovative technology demonstration project. Completed in 2009, this project demonstrated an advanced water treatment technology to purify AMD: