PROCEEDINGS NINTH ANNUAL WEST VIRGINIA SURFACE MINE DRAINAGE TASK FORCE SYMPOSIUM
APRIL 25-26, 1989
RAMADA INN, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA
Co-sponsored by:
WEST VIRGINIA SURFACE MINE DRAINAGE TASK FORCE
WEST VIRGINIA MINING & RECLAMATION ASSOCIATION
PROGRAM
Tuesday, April 25th |
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| 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. | REGISTRATION |
| 8:30 – 8:40 a.m. | WELCOME Charlie Miller Chairman, Surface Mine Drainage Task Force Bridgeport, WV |
| 8:40 – 9:00 a.m. | REMARKS George Dials Commissioner, WVDOE Charleston, WV |
| 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. | “THE NPDES PROGRAM IN WEST VIRGINIA: GETTING BACK TO BASICS” Ken Politan WVDOE Charleston, WV |
| 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. | “MINE DRAINAGE PREDICTION AND OVERBURDEN ANALYSIS IN PENNSYLVANIA” Keith Brady and Roger Hornberger PADER Harrisburg, PA |
| 10:00 – 10:15 a.m. | BREAK |
| 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. | “REMINING IN PENNSYLVANIA” Gary Merritt and Ernie Giovannetti PADER Harrisburg, PA |
| 10:45 – 11:15 a.m. | “APPLICATION OF EXPERT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY TO THE HYDROLOGY OF EASTERN AND WESTERN KENTUCKY” Al Whitehouse, Patricia Acker, and Mara Dean OSMRE Pittsburgh, PA |
| 11:15 – 11:35 a.m. | “THE NATIONAL MINE LAND RECLAMATION CENTER” Paul Ziemkiewicz West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
| 11:35 – 11:45 a.m. | QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION |
| 11:45 – 1:00 | LUNCH (included in registration fee) |
| 1:00 – 1:30 p.m. | “1989 LEGISLATIVE REVIEW” Ben Greene West Virginia Mining and Reclamation Assoc. Charleston, WV |
| 1:30 – 2:15 p.m. | “THE MAGIC OF WATER TREATMENT” Tiff Hilton Leckie Smokeless Coal Rupert, WV |
| 2:15 – 2:45 p.m. | “THE APPLICATION OF THE THETA IMPPS TECHNOLOGY ON ACID DRAINAGE ABATEMENT” Jim Crawford and Jo Davison Peabody Coal, Charleston, WV Lambda Group, Inc., Columbus, OH |
| 2:45 – 3:00 p.m. | BREAK |
| 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. | “SIMCO/WINDSOR WETLANDS” Ron Kolbash and Tom Romanoski American Electric Power Columbus, OH |
| 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. | “MICROBIAL SULFATE REDUCTION AS A METHOD FOR TREATING ACID MINE DRAINAGE: A LABORATORY STUDY” Rick Hammack and Robert Hedin U.S. Bureau of Mines Pittsburgh, PA |
| 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. | “EFFECTS OF PYRITE GRAIN CLUSTERING ON THE MEASUREMENT OF TOTAL SULFUR” Tom Rymer, Al Stiller, and John Renton West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
| 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. | “NEW TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING THE STABILITY OF MANGANESE SLUDGES IN NEUTRALIZED ACID DRAINAGE” Bill Evangelou, K. S. Sajwan, and J. Lumbanraja University of Kentucky Lexington, KY |
| 5:00 – 5:15 P.M. | QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION |
| 5:15 – 7:00 p.m. | RECEPTION (Posters)
“AIRTROL MINE RESTORATION SYSTEMS” Stephan Lake USG Corp., Libertyville, IL “U.S. FOREST SERVICE PUBLICATIONS” Al Freeland USFS, Berea, KY “ISOLATION OF AN ACID-TOLERANT ALUMINUM PRECIPITATING BACTERIUM FROM A MAN-MADE WETLAND” W. J. Vail and R. K. Riley Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD “MIRCOMAP: A RECLAMATION INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SOFTWARE PACKAGE” T. Rymer and A. Stiller West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV “EXPOSURE OF SIMULATED MESOCOSMS TO SYNTHETIC AMD: COMPARISON OF THE TRADITIONAL WETLAND SUBSTRATES” R. Wenerick, L. Stark, E. Stevens, and H. Webster Penn State University State College, PA “AT SOURCE ABATEMENT OF AMD USING WASTE PHOSPHATIC CLAY BARRIERS” J. Bowders, E. Chiado, and J. Sencindiver West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
Wednesday, April 26th |
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| 8:00 – 8:15 a.m. | REMARKS Bruce Leavitt |
| 8:15 – 8:45 a.m. | “CURRENT RECLAMATION RESEARCH AND EVALUATION OF RECLAMATION TECHNOLOGIES” Jeff Skousen West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
| 8:45 – 9:15 a.m. | “MECHANISM OF ACID REMOVAL FROM NEAR SURFACE MINE ENVIRONMENTS” Frank Caruccio and Keith Johns University of South Carolina Columbia, SC |
| 9:15 – 9:45 a.m. | “THE EFFECT OF PORE GAS COMPOSITION, IRON – OXIDIZING BACTERIA, AND OTHER FACTORS ON PYRITE OXIDATION” George Watzlaf U.S. Bureau of Mines Pittsburgh, PA |
| 9:45 – 10:15 a.m. | BREAK |
| 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. | “THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSICAL PARAMETERS AND THE REACTION RATE OF PYRITE IN MINE WASTE ROCK” Al Stiller, K. Batarseh, G. Swaney, and J. Renton West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
| 10:45 – 11:15 a.m. | “AMELIORATION OF ACID MINESOILS WITH FLY ASH” Robert Keefer, R. Singh, H. Ghazi, and D. Bhumbla West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
| 11:15 – 11:45 a.m. | “RECLAIMING COAL REFUSE WITH VARYING SOIL THICKNESS” Tom Romanoski, Ron Kolbash, John Sturm, and John Freeman American Electric Power, Columbus, OH Sturm Environmental Services, Clarksburg, WV |
| 11:45 – 12:00 a.m. | QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION |
| 12:00 Noon | ADJOURN |
SPEAKERS
| Ms. Partricia Acker Office of Surface Mining Eastern Technical Center Ten Parkway Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15220 (412) 937-2849 |
Mr. K. I. Batarseh Department of Chemistry West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506 (304) 293-5398 |
| Mr. Devinder Bhumbla Division of Plant & Soil Science West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (304) 293-6256 |
Mr. Keith Brady Pennsylvania Department of Natural Resources P. 0. Box 2357 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 (717) 621-3118 |
| Dr. Frank Caruccio Department of Geology University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina 29204 (803) 777-4512 |
Mr. Jim Crawford Peabody Coal Company P. 0. Box 1233 Charleston, West Virginia 25324 (304) 340-1761 |
| Ms. Jo Davison Lambda Bioremediation Systems 2840 Fisher Road Complex E Columbus, Ohio 43204 (614) 278-2600 |
Ms. Mara Dean Office of Surface Mining Eastern Technical Center Ten Parkway Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15220 (412) 937-2849 |
| Mr. George Dials WV Department of Energy 1615 Washington Street, East Charleston, West Virginia 25311 (304) 348-3500 |
Dr. Bill Evangelou Agronomy Department University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky 40507 (606) 257-8887 |
| Mr. John Freeman Sturm Environmental Services P. 0. Box 650 Bridgeport, West Virginia 26330 (304) 623-6549 |
Mr. H. E. Ghazi Division of Plant & Soil Science West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (304) 293-6256 |
| Mr. Ernie Giovannetti Pennsylvania Department of Natural Resources P. 0. Box 2063 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 (717) 787-4686 |
Mr. Benjamin C. Greene West Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association 1624 Kanawha Blvd., East Charleston, West Virginia 25311 (304) 346-5318 |
| Mr. Rick Hammack U.S. Bureau of Mines P. 0. Box 18070 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15236 (412) 892-67 54 |
Mr. Robert Hedin U.S. Bureau of Mines P. 0. Box 18070 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15236 (412) 892-6754 |
| Mr. Tiff Hilton Leckie Smokeless Coal Company P. 0. Drawer A Rupert, West Virginia 25984 (304) 392-6394 |
Mr. Roger Hornberger Pennsylvania Department of Natural Resources P. 0. Box 2357 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 (717) 621-3118 |
| Mr. Keith Johns Department of Geology University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina 29204 (803) 777-4512 |
Dr. Robert Keefer Division of Plant & Soil Science West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (304) 293-6256 |
| Dr. Ron Kolbash American Electric Power Inc. P. 0. Box 700 Lancaster, Ohio 43130 (614) 687-3030 |
Mr. J. Lumbanraja Agronomy Department University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky 40507 (606) 257-8887 |
| Mr. Gary Merritt Pennsylvania Department of Natural Resources P. 0. Box 2063 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 (717) 787-4686 |
Mr. Ken Politan WV Department of Energy 1615 Washington Street, E. Charleston, West Virginia 25311 (304) 348-3500 |
| Dr. John J. Renton Department of Geology West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (304) 293-5603 |
Mr. Thomas Romanoski American Electric Power Inc. P. 0. Box 700 Lancaster, Ohio 43130 (614) 687-3030 |
| Mr. Tom Rymer Department of Geology West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (304) 293-5603 |
Mr. K. S. Sajwan Agronomy Department University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky 40507 (606) 257-8887 |
| Mr. R. N. Singh Division of Plant & Soil Science West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (304) 293-6256 |
Dr. Jeff Skousen Division of Plant & Soil Science West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (30 4) 293-6256 |
| Dr. Al Stiller Department of Chemistry West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (304) 293-5398 |
Mr. John Sturm Sturm Environmental Services P. 0. Box 650 Bridgeport, West Virginia 26330 (304) 623-6549 |
| Mr. G. P. Swaney Department of Chemistry West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (304) 293-5398 |
Mr. George Watzlaf U.S. Bureau of Mines P. 0. Box 18070 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15236 (412) 892-6754 |
| Mr. Al Whitehouse Office of Surface Mining Eastern Technical Center Ten Parkway Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15220 (412) 937-2849 |
Dr. Paul Ziemkiewicz Energy & Water Research Center West Virginia University 258 Stewart Street Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (304) 293-2867 |