West Virginia Mine Drainage
Task Force Symposium
March 27 – 28, 2018
Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place
Morgantown, West Virginia
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 |
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| 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. | Registration |
| 9:00 – 9:05 a.m. | Welcome: Charlie Miller, Chairman of the Task Force, Bridgeport, WV Moderators: Randy Maggard, MEPCO LLC, Morgantown, WV Ben Faulkner, Bratton Farms, Princeton, WV |
| 9:05 – 9:30 a.m. | Status of West Virginia Mining and Reclamation – Presentation John Vernon West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Charleston, WV |
| 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. | OSM Update on Mining, Reclamation and AMD – Presentation Tom Shope, Regional Director, Appalachian Region Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement |
| 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. | BREAK |
| 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. | Construction of the Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Plant in Muddy Creek – Presentation Larry Riggleman West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Philippi, WV |
| 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. | The Huling Branch AML Reclamation, ATV Recreation, and Watershed Improvement Project – Abstract | Nomination | OSMRE 2017 AML Award Nomination Patrick Webb PA Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation Ebensburg, PA |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 Noon | Water Issues with the Shale Gas Industry Brady Gutta Antero Resources, Inc. Morgantown, WV |
| 12:00 Noon – 1:30 p.m. | LUNCH |
| 1:30 – 1:35 p.m. | REGROUP Moderators: Paul Ziemkiewicz, WVU, Morgantown, WV Mike Isabell, Mission Coal, Summersville, WV |
| 1:35 – 2:00 p.m. | 2017-18 Legislative Issues on Mining, Reclamation and Water Quality | Presentation Jason Bostic West Virginia Coal Association Charleston, WV |
| Special Session on Underground Mine Pools | |
| 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. | Flooding of the Underground Pittsburgh Mines: Development and Management – Presentation Joe Donovan West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
| 2:30 – 3:00 p.m. | PADEP’s Method for Permitting Underground Mine Discharges and Actual Post-Mining Pool Elevations – Abstract | Presentation Brent Means Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Pittsburgh, PA |
| 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. | BREAK |
| 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. | The Eastern Underground Mine Pool Consortium – Abstract | Presentation Sarah Kreitzer Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Pittsburgh, PA |
| 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. | Underground Mine Water Quality Evolution: Long-term Data Sets – Presentation Paul Ziemkiewicz West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
| 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. | Innovative Design for Treating High Flow and High Iron Discharges – Abstract | Presentation Jon Dietz Iron Oxide Technologies State College, PA |
| 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. | RECEPTION AND EXHIBIT SESSION |
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 |
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| 7:30 – 8:00 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:00 – 8:05 a.m. | Moderator Welcome: Tiff Hilton, WOPEC, Lewisburg, WV |
| 8:05 – 8:30 a.m. | Relationship Between Stream Water Quality and Biological Recovery – Presentation Natalie Kruse-Daniels Ohio University Athens, OH |
| 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Mix-Well System for Enhanced Acid Mine Drainage Treatment – Presentation Tim Danehy Biomost, Inc. Mars, PA |
| 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. | Temporal Variability in Trace Metal Removal in Vertical Flow Bioreactors – Presentation Julie LaBar St. Francis University Loretto, PA |
| 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. | Passive Treatment of AMD in Sunday, Monday, and Racoon Creeks, OH – Paper | Presentation Ben McCament Ohio Department of Natural Resources Athens, OH |
| 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. | BREAK |
| 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. | User-Friendly Geochemical Modeling to Evaluate Active and Passive Treatment for Coal Mine Discharges – Abstract | Presentation Charles Cravotta US Geological Survey New Cumberland, PA |
| 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. | Recovery of Metals from Wastewater and Oil – Abstract | Presentation Rakesh Govind PRD Tech, Inc. Cincinnati, OH |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 Noon | Stream Restoration on Mining Impacted Watersheds – Abstract | Presentation Tim Denicola Civil and Environmental Consultants, Inc. Bridgeport, WV |
| 12:00 noon | ADJOURN |