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Wednesday, April
26, 2006 |
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Mine Closure Session
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8:00 a.m. |
USG Corporation Victor & Brown Mines,
Midland, California
Roger Sharpe, P.G., US Gypsum, Martin Carlson, P.E., CDM |
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8:30 a.m. |
The Continental Mine Site Removal Action -
How International and Interagency Cooperation and Support
Elevated Cleanup Effectiveness
Paula Fedirchuk, P.E., Herrera Environmental Consultants |
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9:00 a.m. |
Comprehensive Environmental Restoration:
Block P Mill and Tailings Site, Monarch, Montana
Gant Massey, Ph.D., Bitterroot Restoration |
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9:30 a.m. |
Update on Two-Stage In-Situ Treatment of
Anchor Hill Pit, Gilt Edge Mine Superfund Site
Brian Park, P.E., MSE Technology Applications, Inc. |
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10:00 a.m. |
BREAK |
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10:30 a.m. |
Update: Evaluation of the NEPA
Process for Estimating Water Quality Impacts at Hardrock Mine
Sites
Jim Kuipers, Kuipers & Associates |
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11:00 a.m. |
Adaptive Use of Geotechnical Construction
Technologies for Hardrock Mine Drainages & Mine Waste
Reclamation Projects
Bruce Stover, Hayward Baker |
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11:30 a.m. |
Principles & Practices of Water Management
by Land Application
Dan Bruner, P.G., Cascade Earth Sciences |
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Noon |
LUNCH (lunch is provided) |
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Mine Reclamation
Session
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1:00 p.m. |
Republic Smelter by Cooke City, Montana
Mary Beth Marks, US Forest Service |
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1:30 p.m. |
Overview of Reclamation Work Completed by
the US Forest Service
Stuart Jennings, MSU Reclamation Research Unit |
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2:00 p.m. |
Environmental Uses of Polyurethane Foam in
Mine Reclamation
Dennis Dunham, P.E., Foam Concepts |
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2:30 p.m. |
Innovative Planting Technique
for Riparian & Wetland Sites
Leonard Ballek, Bitterroot Restoration |
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3:00 p.m. |
BREAK |
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| Mine Operations & Design
Session II |
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3:30
p.m. |
Mercury in Gold Mining
Glenn
Miller, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno |
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4:00
p.m. |
Mercury Controls
Natalie
Deringer, Cortez Gold Mines |
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4:30
p.m. |
Sustainable Development Indicators for Resource Management Plans
Dirk van
Zyl, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno |
6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Hospitality Suite provided by Foam Concepts.
Dennis Dunham of Foam Concepts will host a
Hospitality Suite on Wednesday evening where he will present a slide show
discussing past projects involving PUF. The presentation will include
mine closures (shafts, adits, portals), bat friendly closures, subsidence
feature sealing (cracks, intersection caves), environmental uses, and
plugging wells, coreholes, and stream beds. A simulation of an actual
shaft closure (bench scale) will be also be shown, and participants will
be able to mix and pour foam.
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REGISTER!
Register on-line or
call
Susie Anderson:
Phone: (406) 496-4311
Fax: (406) 496-4116
Mailing Address:
Montana Tech
c/o MWTP
1300 West Park Street
Butte, MT 59701
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