Mine Waste Technology Program, Montana Tech, 1300 West Park St., Butte, Montana 59701

A -- DEMONSTRATION OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR MINE WASTE WATER TREATMENT Sol 95-01 Due 011596 Contact Point, Henry Bogert, 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 Berkley Pit located at Butte, Montana. The Berkeley Pit is an inactive open-pit copper mine that currently contains approximately 25 billion gallons of heavy metal-laden, acidic mine water. The Berkeley Pit Innovative Technologies (BPIT) Program, implemented by MSE-TA, Inc. and administered by the Mine Waste Technology Program (MWTP) at Montana Tech, 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 demonstration tests can be done 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 the EPA Region 8 Field Office, the EPA Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Department of Energy (DOE) Resource Recovery Project, also administered by MSE-TA, Inc. Bids are not to exceed $25,000.00. 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 Henry Bogert, Mine Waste Technology Program, Montana Tech, 1300 West Park St., Butte, Montana 59701, or FAX your request to (406) 496-4116. (325)

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