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Registration is required to reserve your spot at Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance’s Abandoned Mine Pools as Beneficial Resources conference. This event will gather experts from various backgrounds to discuss innovative approaches to mine pool utilization, management, and remediation strategies. Join us in sharing knowledge and fostering connections that can lead to sustainable solutions for our Coal Region communities. We look forward to your participation.
AGENDA
8:30AM Introduction
Session 1 - Geothermal Energy from Mine Pools
8:45AM - Mike Korb, P.E. (TetraTech, Retired) Save Money, Save the Environment: Another Discussion of Mine-Water Geothermal
9:15AM - Weiyun Hua, PhD (Penn State University) Challenges and Opportunities for Recycling Geothermal Energy from Abandoned Mine Lands for Greenhouses and Agricultural Applications
9:45AM - James Britton (W. VA Geological and Economic Survey) Assessing Mine Pool Geothermal Potential in West Virginia using the WVGS Coal Bed Mapping Project (CBMP) Database
10:15AM - Taylor Smith (Penn State University) Novel Integration of Concentrated Solar Power and Datacenter Cooling with Abandoned Mine Pits
10:45AM - Panel discussion among Session 1 presenters
11:30AM - Lunch
Session 2 - Needed Investigation and Characterization of Mine Pools
12:45PM - Daniel Goode, PhD (USGS, retired) Hydrologic Data Synthesis for Mine Pool Water Management
1:15PM - Michael Hewitt/Robert Hughes (EPCAMR) Mosaics, Maps, and Multi-Colliery Hydrogeologic Units: EPCAMR’s Efforts to Advance Mine Pool Mapping Models to Address AMD throughout the Anthracite Region
1:45PM - Sami Pretzel, P.E. (Kleinfelder) Banning No. 4: Title V Active Treatment Plant Retrofit and Mine Pool Management Project
2:15PM - Panel discussion among Session 2 presenters
2:45PM - Break
Session 3 - Pumped Underground Storage Hydropower (PUSH) in Abandoned Mines
3:00PM - Tim Scarlett, PhD (Michigan Technological University) PUSH and Abandoned Mines: Perspectives on Site Selection and Qualification
3:30PM - Thomas Johansson (CEO, Mine Storage International AB, Sweden) Mine Storage for Enabling the Energy Transition
4:00PM - Susan Stewart, PhD (Penn State University) The Potential for Wind Power Integration with Abandoned Mines
4:30PM - Panel discussion among Session 3 presenters
Adjourn Day 1
Session 4 - Coal Region as Sources of Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals
8:00AM - Mohammad Rezaee, PhD (Penn State University) Selective Recovery of Multi-Critical Minerals from Acid Mine Drainage
8:30AM - Bette Conway (EPA) EPA ROAR Research Project, Sampling for Critical Rare Earth Metals (CREMS) in Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) and Coal Refuse in Shamokin PA and Surrounding Communities to Inform Long-term Mine Pool Treatment and Land Reclamation
9:00AM - Charles Cravotta, PhD, P.G. (USGS, Retired) Water-quality Modeling Tools to Evaluate Potential for Recovery of Critical Minerals From Acid Mine Drainage
9:30AM - Frederick Day-Lewis, PhD (Pacific Northwest National Laboratories) Drone-based Geophysical Surveying and Autonomous, Real-time Data Analysis for Characterization of Coal Mine Refuse Sites
10:00AM - Panel discussion among Session 4 presenters
10:30AM - Break
Session 5 - “How are you going to pay for that?”
10:45AM - Angela Meck, P.E. (Tetra Tech) Available Federal/State Funding Sources for Remediation and Development
11:15AM - Pierre MaCoy, PG (SRBC) Mine Pools for Consumptive Use Mitigation in the Susquehanna River Basin: Opportunities and Funding
Session 6 - Coal Region History, Industrial Heritage and Organizing Community Involvement
11:45AM - Bode Morin, PhD (Eckley Miners Village and Heritage Museum) Heritage Beyond the History and the Value of the Past
12:15PM - Shaunna Barnhart, PhD (Bucknell University) Coal Region Revitalization: A Reflection on Multi-stakeholder Collaborations and Partnerships for Environmental Resiliency
12:45PM - Steve Chrismer, PhD, P.E. (SCRA) A Creek Runs Through it - Water and the People of Shamokin
Adjourn Conference
