RFP for As-Needed Engineering Services for Abandoned Mine
Land Reclamation
July 23, 2009
Possible Projects• Gob pile reclamation and safeguarding of mine
features at several small abandoned coal mine sites
Oscura Coal Mine
• Safeguarding of hazardous mine openings
Cleveland Mine, Silver City
• Geomorphic landforming and stream restoration measures
Stream restoration at Yankee-Vukonich near Raton
Reclaimed gob piles needing geomorphic reshaping at
Carthage near Socorro
• Design of backfill and blasting closures, bat compatible closures and other structural closures
Bat closures at Lake Valley
• Construction observation
Sugarite gob reclamation near Raton
• Continued monitoring of a coal seam fire and coal gob reclamation in Gallup
Biava Mine fire and coal gob in Gallup
• Inventory and site evaluations of abandoned mine sites
Taking inventory near T or C and Deming
Other Possible Work:
• Collection and testing of soil and rock samples for chemical and physical characteristics
• Geotechnical investigations of subsurface, soil, geological, and hydrogeological conditions
• Plugging of abandoned boreholes
• Beneficial reuse of mine waste materials
Other Possible Work:
• Preparation of environmental assessments, including archaeological studies and reports
• Conducting realty searches and obtaining consents-to-entry from private mineral owners and landowners
• Post-completion project monitoring