Contract No. OSM 26(7605)102.1
SUMMARY TABLE OF CONTENTS
Each Technical Specification listed below includes sections providing the Scope, Procedure, Measurement, and Payment.
For clarification, many Technical Specifications have sections providing information regarding Staging, Materials,
Maintenance, and Removal. The following is a general summary of the work effort for each Technical Specification.
For more detailed descriptions including additional work effort, refer to individual Technical Specifications and Drawings.
Technical Specifications (Tech. Spec.)
#
Title
Scope of Work
Brief overview of selected work to extinguish fire in abandoned Phillips Mine
Page #
TS-1 – TS-2
Blasting Plan and Safety Program
1
Identifying and notifying residents or owners of dwellings or other structures within ½ mile of proposed
blasting area; conducting pre-blast surveys upon property owner request; acquiring blasting activity
permit; signage; safety training and program development including mine fire-related issues
TS-2 – TS-3
Mobilization and Demobilization
2
3
Notifying PA One-Call; delivering and assembling all necessary equipment preparatory to construction
with removal upon project completion; signage
Gate
Fabricating and installing a gate at the construction entrance prior to excavation activities
TS-3 – TS-4
TS-4 – TS-5
Office Facility and Staging Area
4
Establishing onsite office trailer with internet and phone service throughout project activities with
removal and land reclamation upon project completion; firefighting foam storage with freezing
protection; limited E&S Control installation
TS-5 – TS-6
Erosion and Sediment Pollution Controls (E&S Controls)
5
Completing and filing NPDES co-permittee application and agreement and Notice of Termination upon
project completion; installing, stabilizing, maintaining, and removing (if not a permanent facility) a
rock construction entrance, temporary and permanent diversion ditches, compost filter sock barriers,
and Temporary Sediment Basin with Temporary Collection Ditch; (note that clay material excavated
from Borrow Area 2 to be used to fill vents and prepare area for placement of excess cut from
Temporary Sediment Basin construction)
TS-6 – TS-14
Clearing and Grubbing
6
Removing and handling of trees, brush, and solid waste including monitoring well casings and includes
recycling or onsite or offsite disposal; (note that existing monitoring well casings are not to be disturbed
until necessary for excavation operations)
TS-14 – TS-16
Water Source, Delivery, Storage
7
Contracting with North Fayette Municipal Authority to install tap on existing waterline or developing
other water source; developing delivery system with pipe, hoses, pumps, etc. to excavation areas;
constructing holding pond or other storage facility(ies); removal with land reclamation of water source,
delivery system, and holding pond
TS-16 – TS-18
Firefighting Foam
8
Providing and maintaining all necessary supplies and equipment to dispense foam on “hot” or burning
materials; removal of supplies and equipment and firefighting foam restocking upon project completion
TS-18 – TS-19
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Title
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Temporary Surface Seal
9
Excavating clay material from Borrow Area 2; filling vents and installing continuous temporary seal
using clay borrow; installing Temporary Collection Channel, as part of E&S Controls, with quenching
pools concurrent with Temporary Surface Seal installation
TS-19 – TS-22
Northern Air Barrier
10
Excavating and segregating weathered and unweathered overburden materials; coal removal and sale;
installing air barrier along final highwall with compacted weathered material; initial backfilling with
unweathered material and final backfilling with compacted weathered material; includes reclamation of
abandoned surface coal mine
TS-22 – TS-26
Eastern Air Barrier/Seal
11
Excavating and segregating weathered and unweathered overburden materials; coal removal and sale;
measuring temperatures of final highwall; installing air barrier/seal with clay material, excavated from
Borrow Area 1, spread and compacted along final highwall; potentially excavating, handling, and
cooling of heated materials; initial backfilling with unweathered material and final backfilling with
compacted weathered material
TS-26 – TS-29
Southern Fire Barrier
12
Excavating and segregating weathered and unweathered overburden materials; blasting; coal removal
and sale; measuring temperatures of final highwall with possible relocation of highwall to higher cover;
installing fire barrier with clay material excavated from Borrow Area 1; excavating area for installation
of future installation of infiltration manifold; excavating, handling, and cooling of heated materials;
initial backfilling with unweathered material and final backfilling with compacted weathered material
(note that final backfill may be completed in conjunction with Extinguishment Operations)
TS-30 – TS-35
Extinguishment Operations
13
Removing Temporary Infiltration Structure, Temporary Sediment Basin, and Temporary Collection
Channel; excavating and segregating weathered and unweathered overburden materials including
sandstone and heated materials; coal removal and sale; installing quenching pools within the excavation
area using clay material recovered from Temporary Surface Seal removal; using firefighting foam or
water spray to cool working faces and excavated material, as needed; cooling “warm” (>90°F to
<150°F) overburden materials by spreading or diluting; cooling “hot” (>150°F) overburden materials
by immersing in quenching pools; installing fire barrier with clay material excavated from Borrow Area
1 along eastern sidewall; installing Sidewall Interceptor Drain using sandstone rubble; initial backfilling
with unweathered material and sandstone rubble; final backfilling with weathered material
TS-35 – TS-42
Permanent Infiltration System
14
Installing permanent facilities to re-establish surface and subsurface water drainage to the existing
abandoned underground mine; including installation of a rock-lined collection channel, wet meadow,
and rock drain; riprap to be durable sandstone for corrosive environment (acidic water)
TS-42 – TS-44
Seeding
15
Establishing vegetative cover, temporary and permanent, using grasses and legumes including soil
amendments and fertilizer
TS-44 – TS-48
Tree Planting
16
Planting about 13,000 tree seedlings on about 19 acres for permanent revegetation in previously
forested areas on the Robert T. & Mary Ann Verney property
Appendix – Generalized Columnar Section; Borehole Logs 10 – 56C1
TS-48 – TS-50