Remediation of Abandoned Mine Lands

Thursday, October 2, 2008: 3:20 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Concurrent C-3: Regulatory Issues
3:20 p.m.Reclamation Performance Standards Used at Upland Range Sites and in Urban Settings in Butte and Anaconda, Montana
Robert B. Rennick1, Sara Sparks2 and Charles Coleman2, (1)CDM, (2)EPA
3:40 p.m.Technical Impracticability of Surface Water and Ground Water Remediation in a Large Wetland Complex at the Anaconda Smelter Site, Montana
Curt Coover, PG, CDM
4:00 p.m.Silver Bow Creek and the Technical Impracticability Decision for the Alluvial Aquifer in Butte, Montana
Angela K. Frandsen, CDM
4:20 p.m.Private and Social Costs of Surface Mine Reforestation Performance Criteria
Jay Sullivan and Gregory S. Amacher, Virginia Tech
Part 1 
4:40 p.m.Mine Reclamation - Navigating the Financial Assurance Requirements
Cliff Yeckes, PG, Willis

Remediation of Abandoned Mine Lands