PROCEEDINGS SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL WEST VIRGINIA SURFACE MINE DRAINAGE TASK FORCE SYMPOSIUM
APRIL 2-3, 1996
RAMADA INN, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA
Co-sponsored by:
WEST VIRGINIA SURFACE MINE DRAINAGE TASK FORCE
WEST VIRGINIA MINING & RECLAMATION ASSOCIATION
PROGRAM
TUESDAY, APRIL 2 |
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| 8:15 – 9:00 a.m. | REGISTRATION |
| 9:00 – 9:10 a.m. | WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS Morning Moderator Charles Miller, Chairman WV Surface Mine Drainage Task Force & WV Division of Environmental Protection Philippi, WV |
| 9:10 – 9:30 a.m. | “CURRENT AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RELATIVE TO MINING AND RECLAMATION” Ell McCoy, Director WV Division of Environmental Protection Nitro, WV |
| 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. | “OSM’s INITIATIVES, DIRECTIONS, AND APPROACHES TO ACID MINE DRAINAGE CONTROL AND TREATMENT” Robert Uram, Director Office of Surface Mining Washington, DC |
| 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. | BREAK |
| 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. | “WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS RESULTING FROM FBC ASH GROUTING OF BURIED PILES OF PYRITIC MATERIALS ON A SURFACE COAL MINE” Joseph Schueck PA Dept. of Environmental Protection Harrisburg, PA |
| 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. | “USE OF COAL COMBUSTION BY-PRODUCTS IN ABANDONED MINE LAND RECLAMATION” Richard Gray GAI Consultants Pittsburgh, PA |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon | “ALKALINE ADDITION AND IN-SITU SULFATE REDUCTION FOR CONTROL OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE” Art Rose, Professor Penn State University State College, PA |
| 12:00 noon – 1:20 p.m. | LUNCH |
| 1:20 – 1:30 p.m. | REGROUP/REMARKS Afternoon Moderator Bruce Leavitt CONSOL, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1:30 – 2:00 p.m. | “1996 LEGISLATIVE ISSUES RELATED TO MINING AND RECLAMATION” Ben Greene, President WV Mining & Reclamation Association Charleston, WV |
| 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. | “INJECTION OF LIMESTONE INTO UNDERGROUND MINES FOR AMD CONTROL” Mackenzie Burnett Burnett Engineering, Inc. Glenwood Springs, CO |
| 2:30 – 3:00 p.m. | “USE OF FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION ASH FOR CAPPING OF REFUSE AT THE TYGART RIVER MINE” Courtney Black National Mine Land Reclamation Center Morgantown, WV |
| 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. | BREAK |
| 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. | “PYRITE MICRO ENCAPSULATION: A POTENTIAL FUTURE APPROACH FOR CONTROLLING PYRITE OXIDATION” Bill Evangelou, Professor University of Kentucky Lexington, KY |
| 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. | “EFFECT OF DIGESTION METHOD, SIDERITE CONTENT, AND FIZZ RATING ON NEUTRALIZATION POTENTIAL OF OVERBURDEN SAMPLES” Jeff Skousen, Associate Professor West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
| 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. | “MITIGATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS RESULTING FROM MINE POOL BUILD-UP: A CASE HISTORY” Ronald Mullennex Marshall Miller and Associates Bluefield, VA |
| 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. | POSTER SESSION |
| 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. | RECEPTION |
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 |
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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 Environmental Consultant Bratton Farm Princeton, WV |
| 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | “ACID MINE DRAINAGE TREATMENT IN GREENS RUN BY AN ANOXIC LIMESTONE DRAIN” Troy Titchenell Anker Energy Morgantown, WV |
| 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. | “CARBON DIOXIDE PRETREATMENT OF AMD FOR LIMESTONE DIVERSION WELLS” Barnaby Watten National Biological Survey Wellsboro, PA |
| 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. | “THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE POTOMAC RIVER: RESULTS OF TWO YEARS OF LIME DOSING” Joseph Mills Maryland Department of Environment Frostburg, MD |
| 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. | BREAK |
| 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. | “EARLY RESULTS FROM CALCIUM CARBONATE NEUTRALIZATION OF TWO WEST VIRGINIA RIVERS ACIDIFIED BY MINE DRAINAGE” Peter Zurbuch WV Division of Natural Resources Elkins. WV |
| 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. | “ACID MINE DRAINAGE TREATMENT WITH OPEN LIMESTONE CHANNELS” Paul Ziemkiewicz, Director National Mine Land Reclamation Center Morgantown, WV |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon | “TREATMENT OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE WITH A COMBINED WETLAND/ANOXIC LIMESTONE DRAIN: COMPARISON OF LABORATORY VERSUS FIELD RESULTS” Alan Sexstone, Associate Professor West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
| 12:00 noon | ADJOURN |
SPEAKERS
| Mr. Courtney Black West Virginia University National Mine Reclamation Center P.O. Box 6064 Morgantown, WV 26506-6064 Telephone: (304) 293-2867 |
Mr. Mackenzie Burnett Burnett Engineering Inc. 816 North Traver Trail Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 Telephone: (970) 928-2504 |
| Dr. V.P. (Bill) Evangelou Department of Agronomy University of Kentucky N-122 Ag. Science Bldg. North Lexington, KY 40546-0091 Telephone: (606) 257-8887 |
Mr. Richard E. Gray GAI Consultants, Inc. 570 Beatty Road Pittsburgh, PA 15146 Telephone: (412) 856-6400 |
| Mr. Ben Green West Virginia Mining & Reclamation Association 1624 Kanawha Boulevard, East Charleston, WV 25311 Telephone: (304) 259-5735 |
Dr. L. Ell McCoy WV Division of Environmental Protection 10 McJunkin Road Nitro, WV 25143-2506 Telephone: (304) 759-0515 |
| Mr. Joseph E. Mills Maryland Department of the Environment Bureau of Mines 160 S. Water Street Frostburg, MD 21532 Telephone: (301) 689-6104 |
Mr. Ronald Mullennex Marshall Miller & Associates P.O. Box 848 Bluefield, VA 24605 Telephone: (540) 322-5467 |
| Dr. Arthur W. Rose Department of Geosciences 235 Deike Building The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 Telephone: (814) 865-7261 |
Dr. Arthur W. Rose Department of Geosciences 235 Deike Building The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 Telephone: (814) 865-7261 |
| Mr. Joseph Schueck PA Dept. of Environmental Protection Room 203, Executive House Harrisburg, PA 17105 Telephone: (717) 787-7846 |
Dr. Jeffrey G. Skousen West Virginia University Division of Plant & Soil Sciences P.O. Box 6108 Morgantown , WV 26506-6109 Telephone: (304) 293-6256 |
| Dr. Alan Sexstone West Virginia University Division of Plant & Soil Sciences P.O. Box 6057 Morgantown, WV 26506-6057 Telephone: (304) 293-3911 |
Mr. Troy Titchenell Anker Energy Corporation 2708 Cranberry Square Morgantown, WV 26505 Telephone: (304) 594-1616 |
| Mr. Robert Uram Office of Surface Mining 1951 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20240 Telephone: (202) 208-4006 |
Dr. Barnaby Watten National Biological Service Research and Development Laboratory RD #4, Box 63 Wellsboro, PA 16901 Telephone: (717) 724-3322 |
| Dr. Paul Ziemkiewicz West Virginia University National Mine Land Reclamation Center P.O. Box 6064 Morgantown, WV 26506-6064 Telephone: (304) 293-7292 |
Mr. Peter Zurbuch WV Division of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Section P.O. Box 67 Elkins, WV 26241-0067 Telephone: (304) 558-2771 |