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 Throughout the United States there are abandoned mine sites posing a variety of problems for water and soil resources including acid mine drainage, heavy metal mobilization, radionuclide leaching, and soil erosion, plus numerous spills of manmade chemicals used in mining operations. With estimates into the hundreds of millions of tons nationally, the cleanup of the mine waste problem in the United States presents a daunting task. The 2008 NGWA/U.S. EPA Remediation of Abandoned Mine Lands Conference, taking place October 2-3 in Denver, Colorado, addresses these issues with a focus on the assessment and remediation of abandoned mining lands.
This conference will showcase alternative and innovative remediation technologies, as well as foster communication between the mining community, stakeholders, policymakers, regulators, ground water scientists, and engineers to advance the cleanup of abandoned mine wastes in the United States.
 Make plans to join us as we further explore these issues and also celebrate 2008 as the International Year of Planet Earth.
Program
Submitted abstracts are currently under consideration. The conference program will be posted in late spring or early summer, so bookmark this page and check back for all the details. In the meantime, here are some of topics being reviewed.
Source control:
- Acid mine drainage controls
- Mining-influenced water management
- Source water control.
Treatment:
- Innovative treatment technologies
- Periodic table of passive treatment—what works on which parameters?
- Biological treatment: design and implementation
- Chemical treatment: design and implementation
- Physical treatment: caps and more
- Leachate collection systems
- Ecosystem success in created wetlands
- Permeable reactive barriers
- Coal mine technologies for hard rock applications.
Reuse/reclamation:
- Beneficial use of abandoned mine sites
- Hydrologic reclamation
- Subsidence and erosion controls
- Stream restoration and aquatic habitat
- Abandoned coal mine reclamation success stories
- Carbon sequestration at abandoned mines
- Mine waste recycling and reuse
- Metals management.
Characterization:
- Characterizing mine wastes
- Monitoring and monitoring networks
- Modeling contaminant transport in mine wastes
- Monitoring well drilling technologies.
Technical and economic lessons:
- Lessons learned: what to avoid
- Cost to clean up: case studies
- Active mine sites: state-of-the-art environmental protection
- Establishing performance criteria for success
- Long-term ecosystem performance and recovery.
Regulatory considerations:
- Regulatory acceptance of innovative technologies
- Defining the boundaries of impracticability.
Special guest speakers
- David Reisman, ME, Engineering Technical Support Center, Office of Research and Development, U.S. EPA, "EPA ORD's Role in Mine-Influenced Water Treatment: Past, Present, and Future"
- Stuart Arnold, U.S. EPA, "U.S. EPA Superfund Radiation Policy and Guidance"
- James J. Gusek, PE, Golder Associates Inc., "Passive Treatment 101: An Overview of the Technologies"
- Linda Figueroa, Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines, "An Overview of Bioremediation for Mining Influenced Waters"
- Denis Murphy, The Doe Run Co., "Performance of a Twelve-Year-Old Bioreactor Treating Lead Mine Discharge"
- Richard Parizek, Ph.D., Penn State University, "The Future of Coal Mine Reclamation in Pennsylvania"
- Douglas W. Grosse, U.S. EPA, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, "Sustainable Mining Applications"
- Timothy J. Cox, Ph.D., PE, Camp Dresser & McKee Inc., "Modeling Contaminant Transport in Mine Wastes"
Conference advisory council
- Thomas Ballestero, Ph.D., University of New Hampshire
- Edward M. Baltzer, GPG, CAI, CHMM, Walsh Environmental Scientists and Engineers LLC
- Shannon R. Cook, Ohio University
- Timothy J. Cox, Ph.D., PE, Camp Dresser & McKee Inc.
- Linda A. Figueroa, Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines
- Douglas W. Grosse, U.S. EPA, National Risk Management Research Laboratory
- James J. Gusek, PE, Golder Associates, Inc.
- Fred L. Hart, PG, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Dina L. Lopez, Ph.D., Ohio University
- Shahid Mahmud, U.S. EPA
- Robert Masters, NGWA
- Patricia McGrath, U.S. EPA, Region 10
- Denis Murphy, The Doe Run Co.
- Joan Fisk Neptune, U.S. EPA
- Waleska Nieves-Munos, U.S. EPA
- Marti Otto, U.S. EPA
- Richard Parizek, Ph.D., Penn State University
- David Reisman, ME, U.S. EPA
- Rob Robinson, Bureau of Land Management
- Carol Russell, U.S. EPA, Region 8
- Matthew Sares, Colorado Geological Survey
- Ralf Topper, Colorado Geological Survey
Project managers
For more information about the conference, please contact the project managers:
Exhibitor information
Download exhibitor information and application (PDF).
Fees
Professionals — save by registering on or before September 4 for $200.
Beginning September 5, the fee for professionals increases to $275.
Full-time students (ID required) — $100
Registration
- Register online through our secure registration system.
- Register by phone by calling NGWA with your credit card information at 800 551.7379 or 614 898.7791. Customer service hours are Monday through Friday 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. ET.
- Register by fax. Print the registration form (PDF), fill it in, and fax it to 614 898.7786. Our fax line is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Register by mail. Print the registration form (PDF), fill it in, and return it with your payment to: National Ground Water Association; ATTN: Registrations; PO Box 73111; Cleveland, OH 44193.
Location
The Westin Tabor Center, Denver
1672 Lawrence Street
Denver, Colorado 80202
866 716.8137 or 303 572.9100
fax 303 572. 7288
Accommodations: NGWA has secured a limited block of rooms on a first come, first served basis at the group rate of $179 per night single/double occupancy. These rates apply to the NGWA room block and are valid until the September 10, 2008 cutoff, unless the block has been filled before that date. When making your reservations, be sure to mention you are attending this NGWA program. Remember, you are responsible for securing your own reservations. For guest check-in and checkout times, please contact the hotel directly.
Area link
Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau.
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Information current as of 5-6-2008. For further help, e-mail customerservice@ngwa.org or call 800 551.7379 (614 898.7791).
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