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Annual Report for the Kempton Mine Complex Wetlands Monitoring and Restoration Project.

PB2003101571

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Skylstad, P. L.; Dodge, K. M.
Page Count	60
Abstract	The Maryland Department of Natural Resource-Power Plant Research Program (PPRP) and the Maryland Department of the Environment of Mines (BOM) have undertaken the Western Maryland Coal Combustion By-Products/Acid Mine Drainage Initiative. The Initiative is a joint effort with private industry to research and develop large-volume beneficial uses of coal combustion by-products (CCBs) to reduce acid mine drainage (AMD) formation in Maryland's abandoned, underground coal mines. The Initiative emphasizes the prevention of AMD formation rather than treatment of AMD. The success of using CCB flowable grout materials to coat the acid-bearing strata of the underground mine complex has been demonstrated by the Winding Ridge Demonstration Project (PPRP Report 1 24, November 2000). Using similar, yet varied, techniques in the Kempton Mine Complex of Garrett County, the Initiative has begun a long term effort to use CCBs to reduce the amount of AMD being formed, eliminate future formation, and reclaim the hydrologic and biologic capabilities of affected streams in the area. Any changes in the Kempton Mine Complex will impact both the sensitive wetlands on the North Branch of the Potomac River at Kempton, Maryland and the highly stressed wetland on Laurel Run. The subject of this report is the first year effort to monitor changes to the wetlands as changes are made to restore the mine complex.
Keywords	Coal combustion Acid mine drainage Underground coal mines Wetlands By-products Restoration Baseline data Materials Methods Vegetation Kempton Mine Complex Garrett County(Maryland) Phytoreclamation
Source Agency	Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Power Plant Siting Program
Corporate Authors	Garrett Community Coll., McHenry, MD.; Maryland Power Plant Research Program, Annapolis.
Supplemental Notes	This document is color dependent and/or in landscape layout. It is currently available on CD-ROM and paper only. Sponsored by Maryland Power Plant Research Program, Annapolis.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200308

Annual Report for the Kempton Mine Complex Wetlands Monitoring and Restoration Project.

Annual Report for the Kempton Mine Complex Wetlands Monitoring and Restoration Project.
PB2003101571

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Skylstad, P. L.; Dodge, K. M.
Page Count	60
Abstract	The Maryland Department of Natural Resource-Power Plant Research Program (PPRP) and the Maryland Department of the Environment of Mines (BOM) have undertaken the Western Maryland Coal Combustion By-Products/Acid Mine Drainage Initiative. The Initiative is a joint effort with private industry to research and develop large-volume beneficial uses of coal combustion by-products (CCBs) to reduce acid mine drainage (AMD) formation in Maryland's abandoned, underground coal mines. The Initiative emphasizes the prevention of AMD formation rather than treatment of AMD. The success of using CCB flowable grout materials to coat the acid-bearing strata of the underground mine complex has been demonstrated by the Winding Ridge Demonstration Project (PPRP Report 1 24, November 2000). Using similar, yet varied, techniques in the Kempton Mine Complex of Garrett County, the Initiative has begun a long term effort to use CCBs to reduce the amount of AMD being formed, eliminate future formation, and reclaim the hydrologic and biologic capabilities of affected streams in the area. Any changes in the Kempton Mine Complex will impact both the sensitive wetlands on the North Branch of the Potomac River at Kempton, Maryland and the highly stressed wetland on Laurel Run. The subject of this report is the first year effort to monitor changes to the wetlands as changes are made to restore the mine complex.
Keywords	Coal combustion Acid mine drainage Underground coal mines Wetlands By-products Restoration Baseline data Materials Methods Vegetation Kempton Mine Complex Garrett County(Maryland) Phytoreclamation
Source Agency	Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Power Plant Siting Program
Corporate Authors	Garrett Community Coll., McHenry, MD.; Maryland Power Plant Research Program, Annapolis.
Supplemental Notes	This document is color dependent and/or in landscape layout. It is currently available on CD-ROM and paper only. Sponsored by Maryland Power Plant Research Program, Annapolis.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200308