PROCEEDINGS THIRTEENTH ANNUAL WEST VIRGINIA SURFACE MINE DRAINAGE TASK FORCE SYMPOSIUM
APRIL 8-9, 1992
RAMADA INN, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA
Co-sponsored by:
WEST VIRGINIA SURFACE MINE DRAINAGE TASK FORCE
WEST VIRGINIA MINING & RECLAMATION ASSOCIATION
PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 |
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| 8:00 – 8:25 a.m. | REGISTRATION |
| 8:25 – 8:30 a.m. | WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS Morning Moderator: Charles Miller Chairman, WV Surface Mine Drainage Task Force Grafton Coal Company Clarksburg, WV |
| 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | “REGULATORY ISSUES OF THE WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION” David C. Callaghan, Director West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection Charleston, WV |
| 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. | “MEND — THE CANADIAN PROGRAM ON ACID MINE DRAINAGE” Gilles Tremblay CANMET Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. | “AMD PREVENTION AND CONTROL METHODS USED IN CANADA” George Hope LAC Minerals Ltd. Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. | BREAK |
| 10:30 – 11:10 a.m. | “ACID-BASE ACCOUNTING: AN IMPROVED METHOD OF INTERPRETING OVERBURDEN CHEMISTRY TO PREDICT QUALITY OF COAL-MINE DRAINAGE” Keith Brady Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources Harrisburg, PA Charles Cravotta, III U.S. Geological Survey Lemoyne, PA |
| 11:10 – 11:45 a.m. | “SIDERITE MASKING – A FACTOR TO CONSIDER IN OVERBURDEN ACID- BASE BALANCING” Pat Wiram AMAX Coal Company Indianapolis, IN |
| 11:45 a.m. -12:00 Noon | BREAK |
| 12:00 Noon – 1: 15 P.M. | LUNCH |
| 1: 15 – 1:30 p.m. | REGROUP/REMARKS Afternoon Moderator: Bruce Leavitt Consolidation Coal Company Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1:30 – 2:00 p.m. | “THE 1992 WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE” Ben Greene West Virginia Mining & Reclamation Association Charleston, WV |
| 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. | “NATIONAL MINE LAND RECLAMATION CENTER OVERVIEW OF PROJECTS – 1992” Paul Ziemkiewicz National Mine Land Reclamation Center West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
| “AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF WATER TREATMENT” Glenn Larew Coaltrain Corporation Reedsville, WV | |
| 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. | BREAK |
| 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. | “PREVENTION OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE BY ALKALINE ADDITION” Paul Ziemkiewicz National Mine Land Reclamation Center West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
| 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. | “REMOVAL OF MANGANESE FROM ACID MINE DRAINAGE” Ray Lovett West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
| 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. | “MANGANESE REMOVAL AT A LOWER pH WITH TRAPZENE: RESULTS OF FIELD TRIALS” Ron Lilly Analabs, Inc. Beckley, WV |
| 5:00 – 5:30 p.m. | BREAK |
| 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. | RECEPTION |
| 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. | POSTER SESSION AND RECEPTION
“DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR TREATMENT AND HANDLING OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE AND SETTLED SLUDGE” Larry Coudriet Techniflo Systems Wexford, PA “APPLICATION OF EXPERT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY TO ASSIST IN THE EVALUATION OF PROBABLE HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS OF COAL MINING IN THE APPALACHIAN COAL BASIN” Robert Evans U.S. Office of Surface Mining Pittsburgh, PA “A LABORATORY INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF Fe”, Fe” AND Al+3 ON THE PERFORMANCE OF ANOXIC LIMESTONE DRAINS” George Watzlaf U.S. Bureau of Mines Pittsburgh, PA |
THURSDAY, APRIL 9 |
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| 8:00 – 8:25 a.m. | REGISTRATION |
| 8:25 – 8:30 a.m. | WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS Morning Moderator: Ben Faulkner Princeton, WV |
| 8:30 – 9:10 a.m. | “DESIGNING AND SIZING PASSIVE MINE DRAINAGE TREATMENT SYSTEMS” Robert Hedin U.S. Bureau of Mines Pittsburgh, PA |
| 9:10 – 9:50 a.m. | “ANOXIC LIMESTONE DRAINS TO ENHANCE PERFORMANCE OF AEROBIC ACID DRAINAGE TREATMENT WETLANDS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY” Gregory Brodie Tennessee Valley Authority Chattanooga, TN Cynthia Britt Tennessee Valley Authority Knoxville, TN |
| 9:50 – 10:15 a.m. | BREAK |
| 10: 15 – 10:45 a.m. | “PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ANOXIC LIMESTONE DRAINS IN WEST VIRGINIA” Jeff Skousen West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
| 10:45 – 11:15 a.m. | “TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES AND COST EVALUATION FOR WATERSHED RESTORATION: A CASE STUDY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA” David Zucker West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
| 11: 15 – 11:45 a.m. | “A METHODOLOGY FOR EVALUATING THE COSTS OF SELECTIVE HANDLING” Tim Phipps West Virginia University Morgantown, WVOther Papers
ACID MINE DRAINAGE TREATMENT WITH WETLANDS Alan Sexstone*, Joseph Calabrese, D.K. Bhumbla, John Sencindiver, Gary Bissonnette, Jeff Skousen |
Papers not on Program
- NATIONAL MINE LAND RECLAMATION CENTER SUMMARY ACID MINE DRAINAGE RESEARCH PROJECTS Paul Ziemkiewicz National Mine Land Reclamation Center West Virginia University Morgantown, WV
- COOPERATIVE EFFORTS IN SOLVING AND PROBLEMS: THE SURFACE NINE DRAINAGE TASK FORCE AND THE AND TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Jeff Skousen West Virginia University Morgantown, WV
- A Preliminary Review of the Use of Anoxic Limestone Drains in the Passive Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage Robert Hedin U.S. Bureau of Mines Pittsburgh, PA
- STAGED, AEROBIC CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS TO TREAT ACID DRAINAGE – THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY PROGRAM Gregory Brodie Tennessee Valley Authority Chattanooga, TN
SPEAKERS
| Mr. Keith Brady Department of Environmental Resources Bureau of Mining & Reclamation P. 0. Box 2357 Harrisburg, PA 17120 (717) 738-8845 |
Mr. Glenn Larew Coaltrain Corporation P. 0. Box 267 Reedsville, WV 26547 (304) 864-6939 |
| Ms. Cynthia Britt Tennessee Valley Authority Liberty Building, 1 A Knoxville, TN 37902 (615) 632-8491 |
Mr. Ron Lilly Analabs, Inc. P. 0. Box 962 Beckley, WV 25802-0962 (304) 255-4821 |
| Mr. Gregory Brodie Tennessee Valley Authority 3F Lookout Place 110 1 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402 (615) 751-2784 |
Dr. Ray Lovett Department of Chemistry West Virginia University 217 Clark Hall Morgantown, WV 26506 (304) 293-3068 |
| Mr. David Callaghan Division of Environmental Protection 1615 Washington Street, East Charleston, WV 25311 (304) 348-3500 |
Dr. Tim Phipps Division of Resource Management West Virginia University P. 0. Box 6108 Morgantown, WV 26506-6108 (304) 293-6253 |
| Mr. Charles Cravotta, III U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Division 840 Market Street Lemoyne, PA 17043-1586 (717) 730-6963 |
Dr. Jeff Skousen Division of Plant & Soil Sciences West Virginia University P. 0. Box 6108 Morgantown, WV 26506-6108 (304) 293-6256 |
| Mr. Larry Coudriet Techniflo Systems 12300 Perry Highway Wexford, PA 15090 (412) 935-0600 |
Mr. Gilles Tremblay MEND CANMET Energy, Mines & Resources Canada 555 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KlAOG1 (613) 992-0968 |
| Mr. Robert Evans Office of Surface Mining Ten Parkway Center Pittsburgh, PA 15220 (412) 937-2895 |
Mr. George Watzlaf U.S. Bureau of Mines Pittsburgh Research Center P. 0. Box 18070 Pittsburgh, PA 15236 (412) 892-6754 |
| Mr. Ben Greene West Virginia Mining & Reclamation Association 1624 Kanawha Boulevard, East Charleston, WV 25311 (304) 346-5318 |
Mr. Vance (Pat) Wiram Amax Coal Company 1 Riverfront Place 20 NW First Street Evansville, IN 47708-1258 (812) 421-3987 |
| Dr. Robert Hedin U.S. Bureau of Mines Pittsburgh Research Center P. 0. Box 18070 Pittsburgh, PA 15236 (412) 892-6568 |
Dr. Paul Ziemkiewicz National Mine Land Reclamation Center West Virginia University 617 Spruce Street P. 0. Box 6064 Morgantown, WV 26506-6064 (304) 293-2868 |
| Mr. George Hope LAC Minerals, Ltd. Royal Bank Plaza 21st Floor North Tower P. 0. Box 156 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J2J4 (416) 777-2400 |
Mr. David Zucker Division of Resource Management West Virginia University P. 0. Box 6108 Morgantown, WV 26506-6108 (304) 293-6253 |