Design Project Resources


Federal U.S. EPA -- Abandoned Mine Site Characterization and Cleanup Handbook (14.6 MByte)

U.S. EPA -- Hazard Ranking System PREscore

U.S. EPA -- Guide to Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study

U.S. EPA -- Remedial Design/Remedial Action Handbook

Office of Surface Mining -- Handbook of Western Reclamation Techniques (9.9 MByte)

 

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment -- Basic Standards and Methodologies for Surface Water (0.67 MByte)

Division of Minerals and Geology -- Best Practices in Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation (1.1 MByte)


AMDTreat AMDTreat home page, Office of Surface Mining

The cost estimation material presented by Jim Cowart of Walsh Environmental during his presentation on November 3, 2003, is available here:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency A Guide to Developing and Documenting Cost Estimates During the Feasibility Study (July, 2000, EPA 540-R-00-002)
Appendix A -- Internet Resources
Appendix B -- Cost Adjustment Factors
Appendix C -- Example Cost Templates
Appendix D -- Glossary
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Cost Estimating Handbook (December, 2002)
Burlington Mine Voluntary Cleanup Plan (VCUP), February 27, 2002
Engineer's cost estimate for VCUP
Bidders' cost estimate for VCUP
Nacimiento Copper Mine Water Treatment Diagram
Engineer's Cost Estimate

Last updated on August 23, 2005 at 08:05 AM by Joe Ryan

The photograph used as the background of this page is a close-up of the water draining from the Big Five Mine near the town of Ward in northwestern Boulder County, Colorado.  The pH of the water draining from the mine is about 2.0.  This acidic water drains into the nearby Lefthand Creek.