Remediation of Abandoned Mine Lands

Thursday, October 2, 2008: 1:20 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Concurrent A-2: Characterizing mine wastes
1:20 p.m.Leaching Experiments with Acid Mine Drainage Sediments from Abandoned Coal Mines of Southeastern Ohio
Dina L. Lopez and Qian Zhang, Ohio University
1:40 p.m.Development and Application of Portable XRF Technology for Estimation of Mining Waste Acid-Generating Potential
Mark Bowers, Secaps Environmental Inc., Ken Faulk, Barge, Waggoner, Sumner & Cannon and Franklin K. Miller, PE, Glenn Springs Holdings Inc.
2:00 p.m.Stockpile Characterization and Hydrogeochemical Seepage Modeling for Mine Closure
Drummond Earley III, Ph.D., Elizabeth A. Salvas and Neil Blandford, P.G., Daniel B. Stephens and Associates
2:20 p.m.Application of Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Technology to Mine Site Remediation, Jack Waite Mine, Coeur D'alene District, Idaho
Mark R. Nelson, PG1, Nicholas R. Anton, EIT1, Bill Adams, M.S.2, Stephen Dyment2 and Brandon Ball, PE3, (1)CDM, (2)U.S. EPA, (3)Parametrix
2:40 p.m.Discussion
3:00 p.m.Break
3:20 p.m.Water Flow, Soil Temperature, and Carbon Dioxide Concentrations in a Burning Coal Refuse Pile
Carol F. Doe1, Dina L. Lopez2 and Ben J. Stuart2, (1)Delta Environmental Consultants, (2)Ohio University
3:40 p.m.Water Quality Evolution in Flooded Underground Coal Mines
Bruce R. Leavitt, PE, PG, Consulting Hydrogeologist, Paul F. Ziemkiewicz, Ph.D., West Virginia University, James M. Stiles, Ph.D., Limestone Engineering and Raymond J. Lovett, Ph.D., ShipShaper LLC
4:00 p.m.Treatment of Radionuclides from Mine Water
Charlie Williams, Water Remediation Technology LLC
4:20 p.m.Preservation of Water Quality near a Surface Coal Mine, NW Colorado
Edward M. Baltzer, CPG, CHMM, Walsh Environmental Scientists & Engineers LLC
4:40 p.m.Hydrogeologic Characterization of Ground Waters, Mine Pools and the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel, Leadville, Colorado
Michael Wireman, U.S. EPA

Remediation of Abandoned Mine Lands