Monday, Dec 3rd (Central Time)



Monday, Dec 3rd (Eastern Time)

11:30am-12:00 pm Registration

12:00-5:00 pm 3 Concurrent Workshops (Seating is Limited)

Three Phases of a Water Sampling Event

(APPROVED for 5 technical education hours for A-SO wastewater license renewal)

Jim Risch, Environmental Chemist, Indiana Department of Environmental Management; Rodger Wilson, Manager of Mining Environmental Services, Mid-America Division, Standard Laboratories, Inc.

OR

Stream & Wetland Workshop--Applications of Computer Technology in Mining

(APPROVED for 4 technical and 1 general education hours for A-SO wastewater license renewal)

Kale Horton, Natural Resource Specialist, Paul Behum, Hydrologist, and Nicholas Grant, Natural Resource Specialist, Office of Surface Mining, Alton; Dan Hause, IN Division of Reclamation.

OR

Blasting Workshop

(5 continuing education hours for Indiana Certified Blaster License renewal and toward renewal of Regulated Explosive Use Blaster License by the Indiana State Fire Marshall)

Larry Schneider, President, Detonation Safety Engineering; Seth Burns, Technical Manager, Midland Powder Company; Victor Makximenko, Deputy Director, Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane Division; Fred Grabner, Owner, Grabner Blasting & Consulting; Trudy Payne, Vice President, and Paul Downing, Senior Loss Control Representative, Nobel Insurance Services.

5:00-7:00 pm Poster Session and Reception

Agenda

Tuesday, Dec 4th (Eastern Time)

7:30-8:00 am Registration

8:00-8:15 am Welcome: Ron McAhron, IN DNR Deputy Director and ISMR Chairman

8:15-8:30 am Update on Office of Surface Mining Activities—Accomplishments of the Past Year: Ervin Barchenger, Acting Director, Office of Surface Mining, Mid-Continent Region

Update on happenings at OSM over the past year.

8:30 – 8:45 am Field Performance of Nutrient Loaded Northern Red Oak & White Oak Seedlings on Mine Lands in Southern Indiana: Francis Salifu, Post-doctoral Research Scientist, Purdue University.

The merits of nutrient loading to promote seedling performance on mined lands and how it was achieved.

8:45 - 9:15 am A System to Evaluate Prime Farmland Reclamation Success Based on Spatial Soil Properties: Robert Dunker, Superintendent of Crop Sciences Research & Education Center, University of Illinois.

Soil property based formula to expedite bond releases and a discussion on its advantages.

9:15 – 9:45 a.m. Retreat Mining Methods and Surface Effects in Indiana: Brad Rigsby, Project Engineer, Five Star Mining.

Overview of various mining methods employed in planned subsidence operations, examples of surface effects

and mitigation, and current regulations on subsidence control plans in Indiana.

9:45 – 10:00 am BREAK – Door Prize drawings

10:00 - 10:30 am Outreach at the Indiana Division of Reclamation: Colleen Baughman, AVS/Education Coordinator, IN DNR, Division of Reclamation.

The importance of outreach in the mining industry and what types are done at the

Division of Reclamation.

10:30 - 11:00 am Benefits of Using GPS in Reclamation: Barry Hennessy, USA Vice President, Automated Positioning Systems.

Highlights some of the newest GPS technology used in mine land reclamation.

11:00 - 11:30 am AML Reclamation Activities-Past, Present, & Future, in the South Fork Patoka River Watershed: Mark Stacy, Environmental Specialist, IN DNR, Division of Reclamation.

AML reclamation projects that have occurred in the South Fork Patoka River Watershed over the past 20+

years and the resulting impacts to water quality.

11:30 - 12:00 pm Palzo Illinois AMD Reclamation Project: Ron Kizer, Resource Planner, Illinois DNR, AML Program.

How one of the midwest’s worse cases of AMD was mitigated and what’s left to be done.

12:00-1:30 pm AWARDS LUNCHEON: Keynote speaker—Marty Irwin, Director, Indiana Center for Coal Technology Research, Purdue University.

1:30-2:00 pm Duke Energy Edwardsport; A 2 Billion Dollar Investment Founded Upon Abandoned Mine Workings 40 Feet Below the Surface: Lynn Crayne, Project Manager, and Frank Howard III, Project Manager, both from Howard Concrete Pumping Company, Inc.

Grouting operations at Edwardsport project.

2:00-2:30 pm IGCC Project Update: Jack Stultz, IGCC Plant General Manager, Duke Energy Indiana.

Update on the Edwardsport IGCC Plant.

2:30-3:00 pm Geological Sequestration of CO2--Successes and Challenges: John Rupp, Assistant Director for Research, Indiana Geological Survey.

A brief overview of technical advances on sequestration to date, future challenges, and some new

considerations happening on the policy side.

3:00-3:15 pm BREAK – Door Prize drawings

3:15-3:45 pm Reclamation for Quail Restoration: Kale Horton, Natural Resources Specialist, Office of Surface Mining Mid-Continent Region.

Using SMCRA performance standards to establish quality Bobwhite Quail habitat in Indiana.

3:45-4:15 pm A Comparison of Coal Mining and Indiana Bat Population Trends: Kimery Vories, Natural Resource Specialist/Technology Transfer, Office of Surface Mining Mid-Continent Region.

OSM’s study of data on changes in Indiana Bat populations when correlated with coal production areas.

4:15-4:30 PM Closing – Grand Prize drawing

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