This grant seeks to improve understanding of contaminated mining sediment and metal distribution, mobility, and long-term storage in streams of Missouri’s Viburnum Trend mining district. This knowledge enables environmental managers to plan effective restoration. The project will systematically evaluate watershed-scale contamination, developing transport and distribution models. It focuses on fine-grained sediment’s role in controlling contamination, considering alluvial deposits and geomorphic processes including floodplains. Quantifying downstream mass storage of contaminated sediment and metals is key, vital for assessing geochemical recovery timescales and long-term aquatic risks.
Opportunity ID: 195873
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | F12AS00397 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Spatial distribution, geochemistry, and storage of mining sediment in channel and floodplain deposits of streams draining the Viburnum Trend Mining District of Southeast Missouri, USA |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Natural Resources Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.649 — Service Training and Technical Assistance (Generic Training) |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 27, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – NA |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | – NA |
| Archive Date: | Sep 01, 2012 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $88,113 |
| Award Ceiling: | $88,113 |
| Award Floor: | $88,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | There is not an application process for this funding opportunity. This is a notice of intent to award a single source grant to the Missouri State University under justification 505DM 2.14B(2) and (4). |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | The purpose of this project is to improve our understanding of the spatial distribution, physical geochemical mobility, and long-term storage of mining-related contaminated sediment and metals in Viburnum Trend (VT) mining district stream sediments and alluvial deposits. Impairment and injury to water and geological resources in streams draining VT mining areas is well documented. However, more information is needed to help environmental managers to effectively plan restoration practices to address sediment contamination problems. First, a systematic evaluation of sediment contamination patterns at the watershed-scale is needed. Sediment sampling and analyses need to be coordinated with similar methods used in all affected watersheds. Conceptual and quantitative models describing the transport pathways and spatial distribution of contaminated sediment need to be developed. Second, contamination assessments need to focus on the role of fine-grained sediment in controlling the level and distribution of contamination in VT streams. Sediment sampling needs to address the variety of alluvial deposits present in affected streams and consider geomorphic and geochemical processes involved in fine-grained sediment transport and deposition, including floodplains. Finally, downstream trends in the mass storage of contaminated sediment and mining-related metals need to be quantified. Understanding the amount of contaminated sediment stored within the river system and available for reworking is critical for understanding the time-scales for geochemical recovery and long-term risk to aquatic life. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://na |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
John Webe, 573-234-2132
John_S_Weber@fws.gov Email:John_S_Weber@fws.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 195873 Other Supporting Documents-Single-source justification 1 -> single-source msu.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | John Webe, 573-234-2132 John_S_Weber@fws.gov Email: John_S_Weber@fws.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.649 | PKG00141210 | Aug 27, 2012 | Sep 03, 2012 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
195873 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
195873 SF424A-1.0.pdf
195873 SF424B-1.1.pdf
195873 Project-1.1.pdf
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