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

A -- MINE WASTE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM, MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA SOL A68348 DUE 021598 POC Steve Anderson, Montana Tech of the University Montana, 406-496-4409 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 3 of the Berkeley Pit Innovative Technologies (BPIT) Project, which is implemented by MSE-Technology Applications (MSE), 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 water in bench-scale laboratory tests. Bench-scale demonstrations can be performed at the Montana Tech campus using Montana Tech facilities or at the Subcontractor's 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 which is also administered by MSE. Offers are not to exceed $25,000. Successful Offerors will be awarded fixed price subcontractors. Further details, proposal format, and evaluation criteria are detailed in the RFP. This RFP is open to all remediation technologies and business concerns. All bio-remediation and electro-coagulation technology providers are encouraged to request the RFP. NO PHONE CALLS REQUESTING THE RFP WILL BE ACCEPTED. The 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 our request to (406) 496-4116. (0015)

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