Cooperative Agreement S10AC20028

The University of Pittsburgh will receive $199,999 from the Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement under the Science and Technology Projects Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation program (CFDA 15.255) from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2024. The Cooperative Agreement will support development of a scalable method for efficient extraction of rare earth elements and yttrium from acidic mine drainage through collaborative research involving geochemical...

The University of Pittsburgh was awarded a $116,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) to support process-guided machine learning for modeling stream and reservoir networks from March 22, 2021 through March 21, 2023. As part of this cooperative agreement, the University of Pittsburgh will leverage machine learning techniques to model and analyze stream and reservoir systems, in support of USGS efforts to...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $643,308.48 Cooperative Agreement under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073) to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources (DCNR) Fiscal Management Division. The 3-year project will conduct a geochemical reconnaissance survey of Devonian shales across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland to assess the economic potential for critical minerals including vanadium, molybdenum, cobalt, nickel, rhenium,...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $489,647.83 Cooperative Agreement under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Fiscal Management Division. The award will fund five geologic mapping projects in Pennsylvania over the 2-year project period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025. Key deliverables include: A 1:24,000-scale bedrock geologic map of the western Broad Top Coalfield...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073), will fund a geochemical survey and geologic mapping project in south-central Pennsylvania. The $380,310.20 award to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will support detailed ground-based work to confirm and calibrate results from a previous aerial geophysical survey in the region. Key project deliverables include a...

The University of Utah was awarded a $169,810 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) under the Science and Technology Projects Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation federal grant program (CFDA 15.255). The key products and services to be delivered through this funding include developing and examining a novel process to prevent acid mine drainage formation at its source by inhibiting pyrite oxidation using...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $293,961.74 Cooperative Agreement under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) for geologic hazard mapping projects in Pennsylvania. The award period is from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Development of a 1:50,000-scale bedrock geologic map of Northampton County highlighting...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement (Grant ID# S24AC00047) to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The grant is funded through the OSMRE's Applied Science Program (CFDA# 15.255) and supports a two-year project to develop and demonstrate effective, sustainable reclamation technologies for revegetation and stabilization of lands affected by surface coal mining. Key activities...

This $199,994 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement will fund research to optimize dewatering of acid mine drainage treatment sludges through December 2025. The work falls under the Science and Technology Projects Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation program (CFDA 15.255), which aims to develop improved science-based technologies to address environmental restoration topics associated with coal mining. Specifically, the...

The Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement awarded a $426,238 Cooperative Agreement to the Sewickley Creek Watershed Association (SCWA) under the Not-for-Profit, Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Reclamation - Watershed Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 15.253). The funding will support continued operation and maintenance of the Brinkerton Mine Drainage Treatment System, which was constructed in 2008 to remove iron from mine drainage and improve water quality...