The proposed victor 10 abandoned mine discharge (AMD) pipeline construction project located in west carrolltownship, cambria county, PA will collect an abandoned mine discharge and convey IT through…

The proposed victor 10 abandoned mine discharge (AMD) pipeline construction project located in west carrolltownship, cambria county, PA will collect an abandoned mine discharge and convey IT through underground pipingover 2100 feet to the clean streams foundations lancashire 20 mine active treatment plant. Once the dischargeenters the treatment plant, aeration and or caustic will be added before entering a series of ponds to remove themetals before out-letting into the stream as clean water. Piping victor 10 to the 20 mine active treatmentsystem will be cost-effective and will clean up approximately 1 mile of stream. Additionally, this project willpositively impact water quality of the west branch susquehanna river, which is a class a wild trout stream for A20 miles portion downstream of this project. The susquehanna river basin commission (srbc) plans to determine theadditional treatment needs of the west branch downstream of victor 10 once this project is completed in hopes ofrestoring the stream segment prior to the entry of the lancashire 15 active treatment plant treated flow.western pennsylvania coaltion for abandoned mine reclamation (wpcamr) is applying to the office of surface minereclamation and enforcement watershed cooperative agreement program for a grant to fund a portion of the victor 10 abandoned mine discharge (AMD) pipeline construction project. Wpcamr is a 501C3, non profit organizationthat serves the 24 counties of the bituminous coal region of western pennsylvania. Wpcamr assists as a fiscalagent in the construction of AMD treatment systems, administers the quick response program that repairs amdtreatment systems across the state, CO-chairs an annual pennsylvania abandoned mine reclamation confernce.project partners include: susquehanna river basin commission (srbc) staff installed flow monitoring device and collected watersamples from discharge, technical and grant assistance pennsylvania department of environmental protection bureau of abandoned mine reclamation (bamr) technical assistance, operation maintenance, and landowner. Pennsylvania association of conservation districts somerset technical office technical assistance withsurveying, design, and construction oversight. Cambria county conservation district administering the matching grant from srbc clean streams foundation landowner and operator of the 20 mine active treatment plantspecific deliverables include the following:deliverable 1: fiscal administration of the projectdeliverable 2: easements, permits, design, bidding to be completed by project partnersdeliverable 3: construction of the victor 10 AMD pipeline