B -- DEVELOPMENT OF GIS MODEL

Notice Date

January 19, 2001

Contracting Office

US Environmental Protection Agency, Region III Contracts Branch (3PM10), 1650 Arch Street, Phildelphia, PA 19103-2029

ZIP Code

19103-2029

Solicitation Number

RFQ-01011-JR

Response Due

February 2, 2001

Point of Contact

John Robb, Contracting Officer, 215-814-5468

Description

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as part of a settlement agreement, has a requirement for assistance in gathering and assessing information required to support the development of a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to assess the impact of mountaintop mining and valley fill practices in the Appalachia. In order to economically mine coal in this area, mining interests have developed methodologies to move large quantities of earth to expose stratified coal seams in order to extract the resource. Massive machinery has been employed to displace hundreds of feet of earth and rock to reach the coal. This results in the creation of millions of cubic yards of overburden material that must be disposed. An Environmental Impact Statment has been court ordered for this project. The EPA intends to acquire these services on a sole source basis from Resource Technologies Coporation, State College, PA. This notice is not a request for competitive quotations. See Numbered Note 22.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010123/BSOL002.HTM (W-019 SN50B331)