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Amd Inventory in Wv AMD INVENTORY IN WV Ben B. Faulkner ABSTRACT Recent sampling and aquatic habitat evaluation by many entities has indicated that despite a long history of negative influence by acid mine drainage, many streams and rivers in West Virginia are improving in quality. AMD continues to negatively impact streams in many areas of the state, but a combined effort industry, state, and federal concerns to control AMD at active mine sites, bond forfeitures, and abandoned mine lands has resulted in improved fisheries and restored water uses. Effective chemical treatment and watershed improvement efforts utilizing passive technologies have been the primary cause of this trend. Active mine sites, bond forfeiture sites, and AML projects dealing with AMD are inventoried for location and extent. Trends in AMD affected watersheds are presented. INTRODUCTION For many years at this symposium and at other venues, much discussion has been made about the extent, nature, and solution for acid mine drainage (AMD). Acid mine drainage research began prior to this century (Gleason 1976). Evaluation of the efficacy of acid mine drainage abatement measures is difficult.. Even empirical analytical data may not reflect the actual measure of success of a mitigative endeavor. Most technical papers present a substantial amount of analytical data at a specific site prior to and after the water quality mitigation effort. However, the real indicator of mine drainage mitigation is restored or preserved habitat and water uses in receiving streams. I should like to present an overview of the AMD problem in West Virginia. Rather than explore the technical intricacies of AMD formation and mitigation, l would rather discuss the extent, nature, and trends of AMD in the Mountain State. Several sources of information have developed in the last few years which, for the first time, give us the opportunity to understand where we have been and are going in this long journey toward controlling this most serious water pollution problem in our state. LOCATION AND EXTENT There are two good reference sources that document AMD in WV. The WV Division of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) Office of Water Resources (OWR) annually compiles a {(303(d)} list of streams affected by acid mine drainage. Both a priority (17 of 51 priority streams in 1996 are affected by mine drainage) list and a non‐ priority list (469 streams in 1996) are generated on the basis of analytical and benthic investigation (Bennett 1997). The USEPA Region 111 office in Wheeling compiled a Geographic Information System (GIS) database of streams with AMD impacted fisheries in 1995 which graphically presents mild to toxic AMD influence (USEPA 1995). This database defined two levels of impact. Severe impacts were denoted "no fish" as characterized by state fisheries biologists. Less severely impacted streams where reduced number of species or reduced productivity were denoted "some fish". The WVDEP OWR lists indicate all mine drainage impacts (including alkaline metal drainage, high solids, and other negative influences) while the USEPA graphic is limited to AMD only. As seen from these sources detailing where habitat and water use is compromised by AMD, it is obvious that AMD in WV is serious and widespread. It is important to recognize, that despite serious, chronic AMD problems in several watersheds, beyond a few small tributaries, West Virginia does not export acidity beyond its borders. All major rivers leaving WV, including those listed and shown as impacted by AMD, are now generally net alkaline (STORET, 1997). Further, they are generally improving in quality for a number of reasons. ORIGIN Mining operations in West Virginia are classified into three legal categories. Operations which completed operations prior to the Federal law (SMCRA) in 1977 constitute Abandoned Mine Lands (AML eligible). Operations since SMCRA are actively permitted or completed(released). Sites where the permit was revoked and bonds forfeited comprise the third category. Water quality associated with mining operations is not so easily classified. The origin of water discharges is not always clear. The quality of mine discharges is affected by a host of variables, including seasonal and geochemical influences. Attempts to define the mine drainage problem in West Virginia have generally involved an estimation of acid load by analyzing affected streams. Another approach, and certainly the most valuable (and difficult), would be to inventory individual discharges (point sources) identified as water quality concerns. Such an inventory commenced in 1981 when WVDEP's Office of AML&R began collecting water quality information in its problem area descriptions of Abandoned Mine Lands. Earlier attempts to identify problem mine drainage by other state agencies (including WVDNR Water Resources Division) were noted in this evaluation (WVDNR 1973, 1979, 1981..85). In 1988, AML&R's Special Reclamation Program began collecting water quality information at all sites where bonds were forfeited since SMCRA. This AMD‐BF inventory is updated regularly and prioritized yearly to implement mitigation of water quality at revoked sites (Faulkner 1996). In 1994, the first inventory of water quality problems at active mine sites was prepared by WVDEP (WVDEP 1995). This inventory was updated and refined in late 1996 (Faulkner 1997). AML SITES The inventory of this first category is fairly complete. Water quality at AML sites has been collected by WVDEP over the past several years at sites where land reclamation was a high priority. Until recent changes in SMCRA, AML&R concentrated on dangerous land configurations and hazards rather than water quality. The inventory of abandoned mine drainage affected areas in West Virginia waters was first developed pursuant to Section 208 of the Federal Clean Water Act (Public Law 95‐217, et. seq.) and Title IV of SMCRA (Public Law 95‐87). The studies were conducted by WVDNR Water Resources Division in the Monongahela River Basin from 1981 to 1985. Since then, WVDEP has revisited many of these sites and has implemented passive treatment including backfilling and regrading, soil amendments and sealants, in‐stream limestone sand, limestone rotary drums, open limestone channels (OLC), anoxic limestone drains (ALD), wetlands, and alkaline producing systems of various designs (Skousen 1996). Monitoring of these mitigation efforts and other intense monitoring at other sites will soon join bond forfeitures and active mine sites in WVDEP's Geographic Information System. BOND FORFEITURES The responsibility of meeting effluent limits and minimizing impact to the receiving streams rests completely with the permit holder. Should the permit be revoked, WVDEP implements water quality mitigation at the site on a watershed and priority approach. Waterquality improvement efforts at selected sites are also considered on a cost‐benefit and watershed approach. WVDEP's Office Special Reclamation Program has inventoried all bond forfeitures since SMCRA to determine water quality impacts and design and remedy sites with water quality issues. Less than 100 sites have detectable impact to their receiving stream. Since 1985, the Special Reclamation Program, funded through securities forfeitures, civil penalties and coal taxes, expended over $6.9 million in chemical treatment of acid mine drainage from four bond forfeiture sites. Since 1988, over $2.2 million has been spent on water quality investigation (over 900 sites) and design of AMD abatement at bond forfeiture sites. An additional $2.3 million construction work has been implemented to mitigate water quality problems at 75 of these sites. Careful monitoring indicates backfilling and regrading often improve water quality at acid emanating sites by reducing acidity or flow or both (Faulkner 1994). Developing passive technologies similar to those mentioned previously as well as diversion wells and alkaline additions have been employed with measurable success. ACTIVE MINES Coal has been mined in WV since the late 1700's. Active mining exacerbates the natural production of acidity from pyrite rich coal seams and strata by allowing acid producing materials to come in contact with water and oxygen (Skousen 1996). Coal operators employ diverse chemical and physical means to reduce acidity at active and reclaimed mines, and reclaim hundreds of acres of old mines each year by remining (Hedin 1997). To meet effluent limits of pH > 6, and to reduce metal concentrations to NPDES limits, operators often introduce strong chemical neutralizers with excess alkalinity that mask the effects of contiguous or adjacent AML acid sources. In 1994, WVDEP inspectors collected raw (untreated) mine related drainages at actively permitted sites where water quality was a concern and performed field analyses. Inspectors reviewed all sites at the final discharge point to ensure compliance with the effluent limits established under the NPDES program. This exercise was repeated in 1996 except water samples were collected for laboratory analysis. Flow was estimated using the best available means. Samples for field analysis were collected at the source or at a collection point prior to chemical, biological, or physical treatment. The Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Inventory included all sites where water quality was a concern to the inspector. This included sites where effluent limits were not being met for any established parameter, not just pH < 6.0, or acidity > alkalinity. The title is a misnomer, and the resulting document should be referred
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