MSE Technology Applications Inc, P.O. Box 4078, Butte, Montana 59702

A -- RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT -- MINE WASTE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM, MONTANA TECH, 1300 WEST PARK STREET, BUTTE, MT 59701 -- DEMONSTRATION OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR MINE WATER TREATMENT SOL A62055 DUE 040197 POC Steve Anderson, Mine Waste Technology Program, Montana Tech, 1300 West Park Street, Butte, MT 59701 -- fax (406) 496-4116 Montana Tech of the University of Montana has available a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the bench-scale demonstration of innovative remediation technologies for treating contaminated water existing in the Berkeley Pit located in Butte, Montana. The Berkeley Pit is an inactive open-pit copper mine that currently contains over 25 billion gallons of heavy metal-laden, acidic mine water. This RFP will be Phase II of the Berkeley Pit Innovative Technologies (BPIT) Project, which is implemented by MSE-TA, Inc., and administered by the Mine Waste Technology Program (MWTP) at Montana Tech. The BPIT Project was initiated to provide a channel for existing acid mine water remediation technologies to be demonstrated on Berkeley Pit was in bench-scale laboratory tests. Bench-scale demonsstration tests can be done at the Montana Tech campus using Montana Tech facilities or at the subcontractors facility. A report summarizing the process and results of each bench-scale demonstration will be sent to EPA Region 8 Field Office, the EPA National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Department of energy (DOE) Resource Recovery Project, also administrated by MSE-TA, Inc. Bids are not to exceed $25,000. Successful bidders will be awarded fixed price subcontracts. Further details, proposal format, and evaluation criteria are detailed in the RFP. This RFP is open to all technologies and business concerns. No phone calls requesting the RFP will be accepted. To receive a copy of the RFP, write to Steve Anderson, Mine Waste Technology Program, Montana Tech, 1300 West Park St., Butte, Montana 59701, or fax your request to (406) 496-4116. (0058)

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