Environmental Assessment

Many Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology projects address assessment of and human impact on Montana's natural resources.

Below are current Bureau projects and contact information for project managers..

• Acid mine-drainage mitigation through land-use changes and source control at an abandoned underground coal mine, Belt (Ted Duaime 406.-496.4157)
• Inventory of placer mining operations in western Montana — Abandoned Mine Lands
• Ground-water monitoring of flooding underground mines and the Berkeley Pit — Berkeley Pit/Butte Mine Flooding
• Operation and maintenance of a groundwater recovery system and soil and groundwater treatment systems associated with organic contamination of soil and ground water at a former timber-treatment site.— Montana Pole Water Treatment Plant (Dean Snyder, Tom Bowler 406.723.7247)
• Upper Clark Fork River Basin Restoration Fund Grant, Natural Resource Damage Program (Ginette Abdo 406.496.4152}
  

Screening for Organic Wastewater Compounds (OWC) Groundwater, Streams, and Wastewaters (Gary Icopini 406.496.4841}

• GLWQD/MBMG
  • OWCs in surface and ground waters of Gallatin County
• Water Center Grant
  
  • OWCs in surface and ground waters Summit Valley
    
• Bureau of Reclamation
  • Ground-water/surface-water interactions in the Beaverhead Valley, Montana

Silver Bow County Geology and Geologic Hazards (Colleen Elliot, 406-496-44143))

• Provide baseline geologic data for pre-disaster planning in Silver Bow County, as required by FEMA
• Increase public awareness of natural hazards
• Use new geologic information to refine understanding of SW Montana history

Impacts of Oil Exploration and Production to Wetlands in Northeast Montana’s Glaciated Terrains (Jon Reiten, 406..657.2630)

Mouat Chromium Waste Repository (Stillwater Co.) Long-Term Monitoring (Ted Duaime 406.-496.4157)

Mouat Chromium Waste Repository-IC Review (Ted Duaime 406.-496.4157)

Belt 3-D GIS Model and Source Control (Ted Duaime 406.-496.4157)