PROCEEDINGS TWELFTH ANNUAL WEST VIRGINIA SURFACE MINE DRAINAGE TASK FORCE SYMPOSIUM
APRIL 3-4, 1991
RAMADA INN, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA
Co-sponsored by:
WEST VIRGINIA SURFACE MINE DRAINAGE TASK FORCE
WEST VIRGINIA MINING & RECLAMATION ASSOCIATION
PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 |
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| 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. | REGISTRATION |
| 8:30 – 8:35 a.m. | WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS Morning Moderator: Charles Miller Chairman, WV Surface Mine Drainage Task Force Grafton Coal Company Clarksburg, WV |
| 8:35 – 8:55 a.m. | REMARKS Representative West Virginia Division of Energy Charleston, WV |
| 8:55 – 9:25 a.m. | “OVERVIEW OF THE EPA NPDES COAL PERMITTING PROGRAM FOR COAL MINING FACILITIES IN WEST VIRGINIA” Daniel Sweeney USEPA, Region 1H Philadelphia, PA |
| 9:25 – 9:55 a.m. | “PROGRESS REPORT ON PROJECTS FUNDED UNDER THE HYDROLOGY SECTION OF THE KENTUCKY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT” Alfred Whitehouse OSMRE Pittsburgh, PA |
| 9:55 – 10:25 a.m. | BREAK |
| 10:25 – 10:55 a.m. | “THE EFFECT OF HYDROLOGIC ZONATION UPON THE ACID PRODUCTION POTENTIAL OF PYRITIC ROCK” Edward Leach, III, Earth Management Systems Frank Caruccio, University of South Carolina Columbia, SC |
| 10:55 – 11:25 a.m. | “A PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF THE USE OF ANOXICLIMESTONE DRAINS IN THE PASSIVE TREATMENT OF AMD” Robert Nairn, Robert Hedin & George Watzlaf U.S. Bureau of Mines Pittsburgh, PA |
| 11:25 – 11:45 a.m. | DISCUSSION |
| 11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | LUNCH Afternoon Moderator: Bruce Leavitt Consolidation Coal Company Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1:00 – 1:30 p.m. | “THE 1991 WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE” Benjamin Greene West Virginia Mining & Reclamation Association Charleston, WV |
| 1:30 – 2:00 p.m. | “DIVERSION WELLS: A LOW-COST APPROACH TO TREATMENT OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE” Dean Arnold U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit University Park, PA |
| 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. | “SOME CONSIDERATIONS WHEN APPLYING LIMESTONE/ROCKPHOSPHATE MATERIALS ON TO ACID PYRITIC SPOILS” Bill Evangelou, U. M. Sainju & E. Portig University of Kentucky Lexington, KY |
| 2:30 – 3:00 p.m. | BREAK |
| 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. | “THE LONG-TERM EVALUATION OF MINE SEALS CONSTRUCTED IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WV IN 1967” Sandra Borek, Terry Ackman, George Watzlaf, Richard Hammack, and Jennings Lipscomb U.S. Bureau of Mines Pittsburgh, PA |
| 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. | “ASSESSMENT OF ACID PREVENTATIVE TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED AT THE ISLAND CREEK MINING COMPANY TENMILE SITE” Allen Meek, Jr. Island Creek Mining Company Tallmansville, WV |
| 4:00 – 4:15 p.m. | DISCUSSION |
| 4:15 – 5:00 p.m. | BREAK |
| 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. | POSTER SESSION AND RECEPTION
POSTERS “THE EFFECT OF AGE AND pH ON THE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF A CHRONO-SERIES OF VOLUNTEER WETLANDS IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA” Keith Garbutt & James McGraw West Virginia University Morgantown, WV “SOME EXAMPLES OF GIS SOFTWARE FOR THE DISPLAY OF INFORMATION RELATED TO MINING ACTIVITIES” Doug Brown, Harry Brown, Stephanie Conway, Lara Sider & Anne Zondlo West Virginia University Morgantown, WV “BIO-CARB AND WETLANDS – PASSIVE, AFFORDABLE, ACID MINE DRAINAGE TREATMENT” Jo Davison Lambda Bioremediation Systems, Inc. Columbus, OH |
THURSDAY, APRIL 4 |
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| 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. | REGISTRATION |
| 8:30 – 8:35 a.m. | WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS John Sencindiver West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
| 8:35 – 9:00 a.m. | “PREDICTION AND CONTROL OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE: EFFECTS OF ROCK TYPE AND AMENDMENT” Paul Ziemkiewicz, John Renton & Tom Rymer National Mine Land Reclamation Center West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
| 9:00 – 9:25 a.m. | “FIELD EXPERIENCES IN AMD PREVENTION” Jeff Skousen & Ben Faulkner West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
| 9:25 – 9:50 a.m. | “FIELD TRIALS IN AMD TREATMENT” Ben Faulkner & Jeff Skousen West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
| 9:50 – 10:15 a.m. | BREAK |
| 10:15 – 10:40 a.m. | “A METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE COSTS OF ALTERNATIVE AMD TREATMENT SYSTEMS” Tim Phipps, Jerry Fletcher, Bill Fiske & Jeff Skousen West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
| 10:40 – 11:05 a.m. | “CHEMICAL & MICROBIOLOGICAL MODIFICATION OF AMD USING CONSTRUCTED TYPHA WETLANDS” Joe Calabrese, Alan Sexstone, D. K. Bhumbla, John Sencindiver,Gary Bissonnette & Jeff Skousen West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
| 11:05 – 11:30 a.m. | “CHEMISTRY OF MANGANESE IN AMD” Ray Lovett West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
| 11:30 – 11:45 a.m. | DISCUSSION |
| 11:45 a.m. | ADJOURNMENT |
AUTHORS/SPEAKERS
| Terry E. Ackman U.S. Bureau of Mines Pittsburgh Research Center P. 0. Box 18070 Pittsburgh, PA 15236 (412) 892-6754 |
*Dean E. Arnold U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit University Park, PA 16802 (814) 865-4511 |
| Devinder K. Bhumbla Division of Plant & Soil Sciences West Virginia University P. 0. Box 6108 Morgantown, WV 26506-6108 (304) 293-6256 |
Gary K Bissonnette Division of Plant & Soil Sciences West Virginia University P. 0. Box 6057 Morgantown, WV 26506-6057 (304) 293-3911 |
| *Sandra L. Borek U.S. Bureau of Mines Pittsburgh Research Center P. 0. Box 18070 Pittsburgh, PA 15236 (412) 892-6754 |
**Doug Brown Department of Geology & Geography West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506 (304) 293-5603 |
| **Harry Brown Department of Geology & Geography West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506 (304) 293-5603 |
Joseph P. Calabrese Division of Plant & Soil Sciences West Virginia University P. 0. Box 6057 Morgantown, WV 26506-6057 (304) 293-3911 |
| Frank T. Caruccio Department of Geology University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29204 (803) 777-4512 |
**Stephanie Conway Department of Geology & Geography West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506 (304) 293-5603 |
| **Jo Davison Lambda Bioremediation Systems, Inc. 2840 Fisher Road Columbus, OH 43204 (614) 278-2600 |
Bill Evangelou Agronomy Department University of Kentucky Lexington, K-Y 40507 (606) 257-8887 |
| *Ben B. Faulkner Environmental Consultant Route 1 – Box 673 Princeton, WV 24740 (304) 487-2886 |
Bill Fiske Division of Resource Management West Virginia University P. 0. Box 6108 Morgantown, WV 26506-6108 (304) 293-6253 |
| *Jerald J. Fletcher Division of Resource Management West Virginia University P. 0. Box 6108 Morgantown, WV 26506-6108 (304) 293-6253 |
**Keith Garbutt Department of Biology West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506 (304) 293-5201 |
| *Benjamin C. Greene West Virginia Mining &Reclamation Association 1624 Kanawha Boulevard, East Charleston, WV 25311 (304) 346-5318 |
Robert Hedin U.S. Bureau of Mines Pittsburgh Research Center P. 0. Box 18070 Pittsburgh, PA 15236 (412) 892-6754 |
| *Edward G. Leach, III Earth Management Systems 3025A McNaughton Drive Columbia, SC 29223 (803) 736-3800 |
*Ray Lovett Department of Chemistry West Virginia University 217 Clark Hall Morgantown, WV 26506 (304) 293-3068 |
| **James B. McGraw Department of Biology West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506 (304) 293-5201 |
*F. Allen Meek, Jr. Island Creek Mining Company Route 1 – Box 31 Tallmansville, WV 26237 (304) 472-9272 |
| *Robert Nairn U.S. Bureau of Mines Pittsburgh Research Center P. 0. Box 18070 Pittsburgh, PA 15236 (412) 892-6754 |
Timothy Phipps Division of Resource Management West Virginia University P. 0. Box 6108 Morgantown, WV 26506-6108 (304) 293-6253 |
| E. Portig Agronomy Department University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40507 (606) 257-8887 |
John Renton Department of Geology & Geography West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506 (304) 293-5603 |
| Tom Rymer Department of Geology & Geography West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506 (304) 293-5603 |
U. M. Sainju Agronomy Department University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40507 (606) 257-8887 |
| John C. Sencindiver Division of Plant & Soil Sciences West Virginia University P. 0. Box 6108 Morgantown, WV 26506-6108 (304) 293-6256 |
*Alan J. Sexstone Division of Plant & Soil Sciences West Virginia University P. 0. Box 6057 Morgantown, WV 26506-6057 (304) 293-3911 |
| **Lara Sitler Department of Geology & Geography West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506 (304) 293-5603 |
*Jeffrey G. Skousen Division of Plant & Soil Sciences West Virginia University P. 0. Box 6108 Morgantown, WV 26506-6108 (304) 293-6256 |
| *Daniel D. Sweeney U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 841 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215) 597-4313 |
George R. Watzlaf U.S. Bureau of Mines Pittsburgh Research Center P. 0. Box 18070 Pittsburgh, PA 15236 (412) 892-6754 |
| *Alfred E. Whitehouse Office of Surface Mining Ten Parkway Center Pittsburgh, PA 15220 (412) 937-2814 |
*Paul F. Ziemkiewicz National Mine Land Reclamation Center West Virginia University 617 Spruce Street Morgantown, WV 26506-6064 (304) 293-2868 |
| **Anne Zondlo Department of Geology & Geography West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506 (304) 293-5603 |
*Speakers **Posters |