Project Grant RT831292010

The Virginia Department of Energy received a $11,739,333 Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR) Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (CFDA 15.252). The grant will fund the remediation of abandoned mine lands (AML) in Virginia, including the abatement of AML priority 1, 2, and 3 features as well as the treatment of acid mine drainage. This will improve public health, safety, and the environment, while also enabling the...

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) awarded a $21,575,826.30 Formula Grant under the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR) Program (CFDA 15.252) to the Virginia Department of Energy. The funding, provided through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), will be used over a 5-year period starting November 1, 2024 to reclaim eligible abandoned coal mine lands and waters within Virginia. Key activities include closing dangerous mine openings, treating acid mine...

The Virginia Department of Energy received a $504,992.48 Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation program (CFDA 15.814). The award will fund efforts to preserve and improve access to geological data through three priorities. First, the department will physically preserve, digitize, and create metadata for approximately 10,000 paper documents, maps, notebooks, and images. Second, it will...

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement awarded Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University $200,000 under the Science and Technology Projects Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation federal grant program (CFDA 15.255) from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025. The award will support Virginia Tech's development, optimization, and validation of an innovative acid mine drainage sludge dewatering process circuit consisting of lime neutralization, precipitate flotation, and...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) under the "Science and Technology Projects Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation" CFDA program. The objective is to develop and verify a novel phytomining-based process that enables simultaneous rare earth element (REE) recovery and solid waste reclamation from coal mine...

This $200,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) under the Science and Technology Projects Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation program (CFDA 15.255) aims to develop and demonstrate an integrated, pilot-scale solid-phase extraction process for the recovery of critical minerals from acid mine drainage (AMD). The project team at West Virginia University Research Corporation will fundamentally...

The Virginia Department of Energy received a $746,312.20 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810). The funding will provide new digital geologic maps and stratigraphic information to meet the specific needs of Virginia and support the development of a comprehensive national digital geologic map. Key deliverables include: PDF versions of new geologic maps for five 7.5-minute quadrangles and two 30x60-minute...

This $1,287,965.83 federal Cooperative Agreement award, made by the U.S. Geological Survey's Office of Acquisitions and Grants under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810), will support the Virginia Department of Energy in producing new digital geologic maps and stratigraphic information. The award will fund activities including mapping the geology in six new areas, compiling existing data on bedrock and surficial geology in three additional areas, converting nine...

The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology will receive $244,370 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the United States Geological Survey under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative program (CFDA 15.073) to characterize critical mineral endowments in mine waste sites in New Mexico. The two-year project will assess mine waste at the Copper Flat, Black Hawk, and Carlisle Center mining districts for their potential to contain critical minerals. Deliverables will include maps of mine...

This $351,978 Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073) will fund a project to generate a comprehensive geospatial database and inventory of mine waste sites in Nevada. The key activities include: Cataloging the locations, waste rock sizes, mineralogy, and geological records for mine waste sites across Nevada, which will be compiled into a detailed geodatabase accompanied by a geospatial analysis report....