WEST VIRGINIA MINE DRAINAGE TASK FORCE SYMPOSIUM
Ramada Inn, Morgantown, WV
March 30-31, 2010
Registration Fees:
By March 12, 2010 - $125
After March 12, 2010 - $150
Students - $25
Hotel: Ramada Inn - 304-296-3431
Questions: Jeff Skousen - 304-293-2667
Registration
Sponsored by
West Virginia Mine Drainage Task Force
and
WV Coal Association
| Tuesday, March 30, 2010 | |
7:30 a.m. |
Registration
|
8:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Opening Remarks Charlie Miller, Chairman |
8:35 a.m. |
Status of WV Mining and Reclamation Randy Huffman, WVDEP |
| 9:00 a.m. |
OSM Update on Mining, Reclamation, and AMD Joe Pizarchik, Director, OSM |
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9:30 a.m. |
Total Dissolved Solids Sources in Northern West Virginia Paul Ziemkiewicz, WVU |
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10:00 a.m. |
BREAK |
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10:30 a.m. |
Summary of TDS Studies on Fisheries in West Virginia Frank Borsuk, EPA |
|
11:00 a.m. |
Effects of Conductivity on the WV-SCI and Mayflies: A Statistical Analysis of Long-Term Data Randy Maggard, Argus |
|
11:30 a.m. |
TDS Treatment Technologies Ray Lovett, Shipshaper LLT |
12:00 noon |
LUNCH |
|
1:30 p.m. |
REGROUP Afternoon Moderator: Mike Isabell, Consol |
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1:35 p.m. |
2009 Legislative Issues on Mining, Reclamation and Water Quality Jason Bostic, WVCA |
|
2:00 p.m. |
Available Technologies for Removal of Selenium from Water Tom Sandy, CH2M Hill |
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2:30 p.m. |
In-Situ Treatment of Selenium in the Mud River Paul Ziemkiewicz, WVU |
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3:00 p.m. |
BREAK |
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3:30 p.m. |
Inter-laboratory Comparison of Selenium in Coal Mine Drainage Louis McDonald and Donglin Huang (WVU), Ben Faulkner, Jason Unrine (University of Kentucky) |
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4:00 p.m. |
Update on Selenium Removal in West Virginia Waters Ray Lovett, Shipshaper LLT |
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4:30 p.m. |
Ecology of Mined WV Watersheds from the Monongahela River to the Tug Fork Todd Petty, WVU |
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5:00 - 7:30 p.m. |
RECEPTION AND POSTER SESSION |
| Wednesday, March 31, 2010 | |
|
7:45 a.m. |
Registration |
|
8:00 a.m. |
Welcome and Remarks Tiff Hilton, WOPEC |
|
8:05 a.m. |
Coal Ash Use and Disposal Cheri Miller, Gypsum Parameters |
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8:30 a.m. |
Update on Flooding of the Pittsburgh Seam Mines in Monongahela/Ohio Basins Joe Donovan and Dave Light, WVU |
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9:00 a.m. |
In-Situ Treatment with Hydrogen Peroxide and Air Lifting Mechanisms for Oxidation in Underground Mines Bruce Leavitt, WVU |
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9:45 a.m. |
Update of Passive Treatment Technologies Art Rose, Penn State |
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10:15 a.m. |
BREAK |
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10:30 a.m. |
Passive Treatment of Dents Run Site PA3895 Cliff Denholm and Tim Danehy, Biomost |
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11:00 a.m. |
AMD Treatment Analysis of the Richard Mine Charles Straley, GAI Cons. |
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11:30 a.m. |
Passive Treatment of Lamberts Run Brady Gutta, WVU |
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12:00 noon |
ADJOURN |