2009
National Summit of Mining Communities – Butte, Montana October 12–15th
Welcome to the 4th Annual National Summit of Mining Communities
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October 12, 2009 | |
Tour | |
| 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Virginia City, Nevada City, & the Ruby Valley Garnet Mine Lunch will be provided. Attendees will travel by bus (bus will pick up/drop off in front of the Finlen Hotel) to Virginia and Nevada Cities and will experience two historical gold mining towns of the old west. The tour will also feature a stop at the Ruby Valley Garnet Mine where attendees will see first hand the mine and its many facilities. |
October 13, 2009 | |||
| 8:00 a.m. | Summit Registration & Continental Breakfast (Finlen Hotel) | ||
| 8:50 a.m. | Opening Remarks Kevin Mellott, Chairman, National Summit of Mining Communities | ||
| 9:00 a.m. | Public Participation: What's Working — What Could be Improved? Effective public participation is a vital element of any environmental remediation, restoration, or permitting effort. This session assembles citizen participants, regulators, academics, technical consultants, and procedural consultants who will use case studies to explore the characteristics of effective public participation and to exemplify what’s working and what could be improved. The session will close with a presenter’s panel discussion followed by an open discussion. EPA Regulated Sites Wendy Thomi, Community Involvement Coordinator, EPA, Helena, MT: Trends in EPA’s Public Participation Programs Pat Munday, Ph.D., Professor of History and Philosophy, MT Tech, Butte, MT: The Dynamic Tension Between Historical Preservation and Environmental Cleanup at America’s Largest Superfund Site Leroy Thom, Superfund Site Citizen Leaders, Libby, MT: Successes and Challenges at the Libby Site Jerry Cobb, Pan Handle Health District Program Manager, Kellogg, ID: Development and Function of the Bunker Hill Superfund Task Force |
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| 10:20 a.m. | Break | ||
| 10:40 a.m. | EPA Regulated Sites—continued Anthony Poponi, Technical Assistance Grant Consultant, Crested Butte, CO: Experiences of the Impacted Community at the Standard Mine Site Steve Ackerlund, Technical Assistance Grant Consultant, Helena, MT: Lessons Learned as a Technical Assistance Grant Consultant for the Upper Tenmile Superfund Site Other Regulated Sites Brian Kahn, Director, Artemis Common Ground, Helena, MT: Citizen Collaboration for Influencing National Forest Management: Two Case Studies |
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| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch | ||
| 1:30 p.m. | Other Regulated Sites—continued Todd Bryan, Ph.D., Senior Mediator, Keystone Center, Denver, CO: Stakeholder Assessment and Dialogue Feasibility Study for the Proposed Pebble Mine Site in Alaska Discussion and Audience Participation Panel Discussion: Major themes and current directions Open Discussion: Comments and questions from the audience |
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| 3:15 p.m. | Break | ||
Session I: Mining |
Session II: Economic Development | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Mayflower Mine Project, Madison County, Montana— Allan Kirk, Tetra Tech, Inc. | Barrick–Golden Sunlight Mine: Major Life Extension & Operations Update– Mark Thompson, Barrick–Golden Sunlight Mine | |
| 4:10 p.m. | Butte Highlands Project Exploration & Development Program— Eric Klepfer, Timberline Resources Corp. | Main Street & Mining in Montana– George Everett, Main Street Butte, MT | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Taste of Butte— Summit attendees will have the opportunity to sample some of Butte’s best cuisine. The event will be held at the Front Street Station. Shuttle service will be available from the Finlen Hotel to the Front Street Station beginning at 5:45 pm., with return transportation to the Finlen Hotel starting at 8:00 pm. | ||
October 14, 2009 | ||
Session I: Communication |
Session II: Economic Development | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Workshop: Communication Skills & Strategies for Leaders in Mining Communities— Jack Dittmann, West Yellowstone, MT; Dayle Hardy-Short, Northern Arizona University; & Brant Short, Northern Arizona University | Water Treatment Systems — Tim Tsukamoto, Ionic Water Technologies |
| 9:40 a.m. | Imaging the Subsurface to Understand the Impacts of Mining on Groundwater — Ron Bell, International Geophysical Services, Inc. |
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| 10:20 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:40 a.m. | Workshop: Communication Skills & Strategies for Leaders in Mining Communities continued | Tailings Dust Control— John Vermillion, Environmental Products & Applications |
| 11:20 a.m. | Storytelling of Coal Mining in Popular Song: Rhetorical Analysis of Kathy Mattea’s 2008 Recording Coal— Michelle Flude, LeeDa Miller, and Brant Short, Northern Arizona University | Best Practices for Physical Hazard Closures— Dennis Dunham, Foam Concepts, LLC |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch – on your own | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Strategies & Implementation of Web 2.0 Communication Tools to Enhance Stakeholder Engagement— Zoe Mullard & Dirk van Zyl, PhD, University of British Columbia | The Future of Mine Wastewater Treatment— Jim Castro, PhD, Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality |
| 2:10 p.m. | When the Media Circus Comes to Town: Strategies for Coping with Crisis & an Invasion of Intrusive News Reporters - Patricia Paystrup, PhD, Southern Utah University | A Landscape Approach to Abandoned Mine Safety Remediation - Christopher Ross, BLM Nevada State Office |
| 2:50 p.m. | Break | |
| 3:10 p.m. | Geological Aspects (as well as Mining History) of Silver Valley, Idaho— Earl Bennett, PhD, retired University of Idaho | Superfund Impacted Communities: One Historic Smelting Community’s Progress — Amy Turner & Erin Jenrich, Kuipers & Associates |
| 3:50 p.m. | Engaging Communities in the Local Heritage & in the Environment Creatively (60-minute talk)— T. Allan Comp, Appalachian Coal Country Watershed Team & Western Hardrock Watershed Team | Green Mining—Reuse of Tailings — John Porterfield, Porter Block, Inc. |
| 5:30 p.m. | Social at the Museum of Fine Arts Butte (MoFAB) Come enjoy Butte’s art and culture community. No–host beer/wine bar will be available, as well as light snacks. Shuttle service from the Finlen Hotel to the MoFAB beginning at 5:15 pm, with return transportation to the Finlen Hotel beginning at 10:00 pm. 5pm – Classical guitar styles of Mark Hayden (other possible performers to be announced) 7pm – Poetry readings by: Phil Atkins – local Butte poet Roger Dunsmore – University of Montana Western Professor will read poetry by himself and Butte poet Ed Lahey. Craig Czury – Reading of the poetry fusion from the Summit and selected reading of Craig’s poetry inspired by living in the coal mining regions of Pennsylvania. 8pm – 11pm Montana Tech Unplugged: A great night of music featuring faculty, staff and students from Montana Tech in this open mic style setting. |
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October 15, 2009 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Environmental Restoration & Place-based Education — Justin Ringsak, Clark Fork Watershed Education Program |
| 9:40 a.m. | Assessment & Remedial Implementation for Historic Preservation & Reuse of the Paris Mill Site, Alma, CO — Jesse Silverstein, CO Brownfields Foundation & Mark Rudolph, CO Dept. of Public Health & Env. |
| 10:20 a.m. | Break |
| 10:40 a.m. | More Than Just a Cleanup: Remediation through Development, Development through Remediation at the Bunker Hill Superfund Site— Tom Bourque, PE, TerraGraphics Environmental Engineering |
| 11:20 a.m. | Making Progress on Abandoned Uranium Mines on the Navajo Nation— Andy Bain, US EPA, Region 9 & Stanley Edison, Navajo EPA |
| 12:00 p.m. | LUNCH (provided to all Summit attendees) & CLOSE OF SUMMIT! |