--- title: Anderson Psomas — Intermountain Critical Minerals Summit 2026 description: "Environmental work for mining since 1984: permitting, remediation, closure and long-term stewardship. Call or email Teresa Cockayne at the Summit, Nov 4–5." image: https://get.andersoneng.com/hubfs/mining-summit-2026/img/reclamation.jpg --- [![Anderson Psomas](https://get.andersoneng.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mining-summit-2026/img/logo-lockup.png?width=720&height=189&name=logo-lockup.png)](https://get.andersoneng.com/lp/mining-summit-2026#top) Environmental Work for Mining Call Teresa ![Excavators and a loader regrading a drainage during reclamation earthwork, with riprap armoring a new channel and mountains behind.](https://get.andersoneng.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mining-summit-2026/img/reclamation.jpg?width=1786&height=1067&name=reclamation.jpg) Intermountain Critical Minerals Summit · Nov 4–5, 2026 # Developing Resources. Protecting What Matters. Regulatory, remediation and environmental work for mining since 1984. Call Teresa [Save contact for Teresa Cockayne](https://get.andersoneng.com/hubfs/mining-summit-2026/teresa-cockayne.vcf?hsLang=en) Teresa will be at the Summit both days. Call or email to arrange a time to meet. [See where we work ↓](https://get.andersoneng.com/lp/mining-summit-2026#footprint) Reclamation earthwork and channel armoring, Intermountain West ## Over 40 mining sites and counting. 34 on critical minerals. Since 1984. Critical-mineral site · 34 Other site · 11 Where we plug in ## Mine lifecycle. We are present from beginning to end. Scroll to see the same ground at each stage, and what we do there. Showing stage 01 of 07 — Baseline studies Section through a mine site across its lifeOne longitudinal section through a hard-rock mine site, left to right through the stages of its life: baseline wells and a drill rig on undisturbed ground; a permit boundary with the proposed facility dashed and a wetland; the operating mine with an open pit benched into the hill, a haul truck, a dewatering well, waste rock, a headframe over a shaft to a drift, and the plant; a legacy adit draining to treatment above a groundwater plume captured by two wells; the closed site with a pit lake and the dump regraded under a three-layer cover; revegetated ground with compliance wells over a thirty-year line; and the old capped tailings facility with one bay reopened by an excavator for remining. Below the surface: overburden, weathered rock, bedrock, the water table drawn down under the pit, and the orebody as an inferred lens. OverburdenWeathered rockBedrockWater tableOrebody (inferred)01020304050607Drill rigBaseline wellsProposedPermit boundaryWetlandOpen pit, four benchesDewateringWaste rockUnderground workingsPlantLegacy aditTreatmentPlumeCapture wellsPit lakeCover systemRegradedCompliance wells30 yrs post-closureTailings, cappedReminedReprocess Fig. 1 — a mine site across its life Where we work Inferred from drilling and water levels Schematic, not to scale [Stage 01, Baseline studies](https://get.andersoneng.com/lp/mining-summit-2026#stage-01) [Stage 02, Permitting](https://get.andersoneng.com/lp/mining-summit-2026#stage-02) [Stage 03, Compliance monitoring](https://get.andersoneng.com/lp/mining-summit-2026#stage-03) [Stage 04, Remediation](https://get.andersoneng.com/lp/mining-summit-2026#stage-04) [Stage 05, Closure & reclamation](https://get.andersoneng.com/lp/mining-summit-2026#stage-05) [Stage 06, Post-closure stewardship](https://get.andersoneng.com/lp/mining-summit-2026#stage-06) [Stage 07, Tailings remining](https://get.andersoneng.com/lp/mining-summit-2026#stage-07) 1. Baseline studies · The red is us 01 ### Stage 01 of 07, Baseline studies — The record comes first. The wells on undisturbed ground start that record. - Baseline studies - Site characterization - Groundwater modeling - Water supply ![A historic timber headframe standing on a ridge above an open pit, documented as a cultural resource.](https://get.andersoneng.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mining-summit-2026/img/headframe.jpg?width=657&height=501&name=headframe.jpg) All six services at this stage, Baseline studies - Baseline environmental studies and site characterization - Hydrogeologic investigations and groundwater modeling - Water supply and resource development - Aquifer testing and characterization - Environmental constraints reports for early planning, site selection and design - Transaction due diligence, risk screening and liability valuation Practice groupMining Environmental Services 2. Permitting · The red is us 02 ### Stage 02 of 07, Permitting — We carry the permits through. The dashed footprint is the application we take to the agencies. - NEPA review - State & federal permits - Resource studies - GIS & survey ![A technician operating a terrestrial laser scanner on a tripod at the mouth of a rock adit.](https://get.andersoneng.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mining-summit-2026/img/adit-scan.jpg?width=657&height=496&name=adit-scan.jpg) All six services at this stage, Permitting - NEPA compliance and environmental review (EA/EIS) - Federal, state and local permitting and agency engagement - Wetland delineations, USACE permitting and CWA Section 404 and 401 permit processing - Biological, cultural and natural resource studies, including NHPA Section 106 compliance - GIS, drone mapping, AutoCAD drafting and laser scanning - Surveying, field verification and construction support Practice groupEnvironmental Review, Compliance & Permitting 3. Compliance monitoring · The red is us 03 ### Stage 03 of 07, Compliance monitoring — Keep it producing. Keep it compliant. The monitoring points on site are ours, and so is the reporting. - Water management - Tailings & waste - Compliance reporting - Inspections ![The Bingham Canyon open pit: terraced benches stepping down toward the pit floor under a broken sky.](https://get.andersoneng.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mining-summit-2026/img/bingham.jpg?width=1400&height=700&name=bingham.jpg) All six services at this stage, Compliance monitoring - Water resource, groundwater, surface water and stormwater management - Tailings and mine waste management - Environmental monitoring, inspections and reporting - Regulatory compliance support, including multi-media auditing and permit tracking - Acid mine drainage assessment and treatment, active and passive systems - Fugitive dust sampling, monitoring and abatement Practice groupMining Environmental Services 4. Remediation · The red is us 04 ### Stage 04 of 07, Remediation — Find it. Fix it. Close it out. The plume under the site is the liability we resolve, through regulatory sign-off. - Site investigation - CERCLA & brownfields - Risk assessment - Construction oversight ![A field technician screening soil with a handheld XRF analyzer along a reclaimed railgrade.](https://get.andersoneng.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mining-summit-2026/img/xrf-screening.jpg?width=1400&height=700&name=xrf-screening.jpg) All six services at this stage, Remediation - Soil, soil vapor and groundwater remediation - CERCLA and brownfields investigation, remediation and cleanup support - Human health and ecological risk assessments - Corrective action planning, feasibility studies and remedy selection - Utah Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP) and Enforceable Written Assurance (EWA) support - Environmental construction oversight Practice groupEnvironmental Remediation & Restoration 5. Closure & reclamation · The red is us 05 ### Stage 05 of 07, Closure & reclamation — Close it so it stays closed. The reclaimed landform and its cover are the deliverable. - Closure costing - Reclamation design - Construction oversight - Revegetation ![An excavator placing rock armor on a reclaimed slope while a field crew in hard hats observes.](https://get.andersoneng.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mining-summit-2026/img/case-barneys.jpg?width=1200&height=750&name=case-barneys.jpg) All six services at this stage, Closure & reclamation - Closure cost estimating, financial assurance and liability evaluation - Closure planning, reclamation design and grading - Tailings and waste rock characterization and management - Acid mine drainage assessment and treatment - Environmental construction oversight and site restoration - Ecological restoration and revegetation Practice groupClosure, Reclamation & Stewardship 6. Post-closure stewardship · The red is us 06 ### Stage 06 of 07, Post-closure stewardship — Thirty years on, still here. The wells on the closed site stay in our care for decades. - Post-closure monitoring - System O&M - Data management - Land management ![A technician sampling a groundwater monitoring well, with pump controller and sample containers laid out and a company truck behind.](https://get.andersoneng.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mining-summit-2026/img/case-monitoring.jpg?width=1200&height=750&name=case-monitoring.jpg) All four services at this stage, Post-closure stewardship - Post-closure monitoring and compliance - Long-term groundwater monitoring and system operation and maintenance - Environmental data management and quality assurance - Long-term land management planning Practice groupClosure, Reclamation & Stewardship 7. Tailings remining · The red is us 07 ### Stage 07 of 07, Tailings remining — Old tailings, new supply. The legacy tailings facility is the deposit. - Tailings characterization - Remining screening - Permitting - Residue closure ![Excavators and a loader regrading a drainage during reclamation earthwork, with riprap armoring a new channel.](https://get.andersoneng.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mining-summit-2026/img/reclamation.jpg?width=1786&height=1067&name=reclamation.jpg) All six services at this stage, Tailings remining - Tailings characterization, sampling and acid-base accounting - Screening legacy tailings for reuse and remining - Resource and reserve investigation support: test pits, borings and laboratory analysis - Permitting a reprocessing operation and agency engagement - Water and residue management during reprocessing - Closure planning and design for the new residue Practice groupMining Environmental Services Selected work ## The record behind the claims. Three projects spanning closure, remediation and the decades of stewardship that follow. ![An excavator placing rock armor on a reclaimed slope while a field crew in hard hats observes.](https://get.andersoneng.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mining-summit-2026/img/case-barneys.jpg?width=1200&height=750&name=case-barneys.jpg) Closure & Reclamation ### Barney’s Canyon Gold Mine Reclamation Rio Tinto Kennecott · Salt Lake County, Utah Closure engineering, reclamation planning, permitting coordination and construction oversight at a heap leach gold mine. 1,200 acres Reclaimed to a stable, vegetated, zero-discharge condition. ![Aerial view of a regraded and revegetated former smelter site with contoured benches across the valley floor.](https://get.andersoneng.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mining-summit-2026/img/case-isr.jpg?width=1200&height=750&name=case-isr.jpg) Environmental Remediation ### International Smelting & Refining — Carr Fork Tooele County, Utah · Engineer of Record Remedial design, construction oversight and earthwork management at a former copper smelter. 2M+ cubic yards Earthwork on a 3,000-acre site. On the Superfund National Priorities List 2000; delisted October 2011. On site since 1986; annual inspections continue through 2026. ![Aerial view of the closed Bluewater mill tailings cells: two rock-armored covers with squared edges on open high desert.](https://get.andersoneng.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mining-summit-2026/img/bluewater-aerial.jpg?width=1024&height=768&name=bluewater-aerial.jpg) Tailings & Closure ### Bluewater Uranium Mill Atlantic Richfield · Cibola County, New Mexico Designed capping and containment components and groundwater monitoring and stormwater systems; independently reviewed closure designs. 23M+ tons of uranium mill tailings in a 354-acre disposal cell near Grants. Milled 1953–1982; now in long-term stewardship under the Department of Energy. Additional remediation and reclamation sites Rio Tinto Kennecott soil remediation, Utah · Great Falls Copper Refinery, Montana · Homestake uranium tailings, Grants, New Mexico · Anaconda Copper Company groundwater recovery, Yerington, Nevada Why Anderson Psomas ## Forty years in the same regulatory framework. ### Mining experience Permitting, operations, remediation, closure and long-term monitoring. ### Environmental & regulatory We navigate compliance requirements while advancing project goals. ### Field-tested remediation Informed by decades of mine closure and restoration projects. ### Integrated technical services One team: environmental, water resources, GIS, surveying, cultural resources and engineering. ### Intermountain West focus Local knowledge of mining regulation and environmental conditions across the Intermountain West. Contact ## Reach the team directly. The people on this page lead the work. Call or email with where you are and what you need. Call Teresa Save contact for Teresa Cockayne [Email Teresa](mailto:teresa.cockayne@psomas.com?subject=Intermountain%20Critical%20Minerals%20Summit) ![Portrait of Teresa Cockayne.](https://get.andersoneng.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mining-summit-2026/img/teresa.jpg?width=400&height=400&name=teresa.jpg) Teresa Cockayne Environmental Lead Environmental management and compliance. At the Summit Wednesday, Nov 4 and Thursday, Nov 5. Email [teresa.cockayne@psomas.com](mailto:teresa.cockayne@psomas.com?subject=Intermountain%20Critical%20Minerals%20Summit) Phone [801.258.1415](tel:+18012581415) ![Portrait of Ryan Anderson.](https://get.andersoneng.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mining-summit-2026/img/ryan-anderson.jpg?width=400&height=400&name=ryan-anderson.jpg) Ryan V. Anderson, CSP, PLA Environmental Lead · Landscape Architect Phase I–III assessments, remediation construction oversight, compliance and long-term O&M. Email [ryan.anderson@psomas.com](mailto:ryan.anderson@psomas.com?subject=Intermountain%20Critical%20Minerals%20Summit) Phone [801.972.6222](tel:+18019726222) License Utah Professional Landscape Architect, 2016 Call Ryan Save contact for Ryan Anderson [Email Ryan](mailto:ryan.anderson@psomas.com?subject=Intermountain%20Critical%20Minerals%20Summit) ![Portrait of Kevin Cosper.](https://get.andersoneng.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mining-summit-2026/img/kevin.jpg?width=400&height=400&name=kevin.jpg) Kevin Cosper, P.E. Principal · Environment Civil and environmental engineer, 35 years. Site assessment, groundwater investigation and remediation design. Email [kevin.cosper@psomas.com](mailto:kevin.cosper@psomas.com?subject=Intermountain%20Critical%20Minerals%20Summit) Phone [801.972.6222](tel:+18019726222) License Utah Professional Engineer Call Kevin [Email Kevin](mailto:kevin.cosper@psomas.com?subject=Intermountain%20Critical%20Minerals%20Summit) ![Portrait of Ryan Eddy.](https://get.andersoneng.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mining-summit-2026/img/eddy.jpg?width=400&height=400&name=eddy.jpg) Ryan Eddy, PE, SE Vice President Closure studies and cleanup programs across Utah and the Intermountain West. 24 years. Email [ryan.eddy@psomas.com](mailto:ryan.eddy@psomas.com?subject=Intermountain%20Critical%20Minerals%20Summit) Phone [801.972.6222](tel:+18019726222) License Utah Professional Engineer, Structural Call Ryan Eddy [Email Ryan Eddy](mailto:ryan.eddy@psomas.com?subject=Intermountain%20Critical%20Minerals%20Summit) ![Anderson Psomas](https://get.andersoneng.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mining-summit-2026/img/logo-vertical.png?width=440&height=320&name=logo-vertical.png) Environmental work for mining since 1984. Licensed in UT, CO, NV, NM, ID, WY, CA 2026 Intermountain Critical Minerals Summit · 111th Annual Utah Mining Association Convention