West VirginiaDepartment of Environmental Protection

Division of Land Restoration

Special Reclamation Program

Alyce R. Lee ERS III

What is Special Reclamation?

• Bond forfeited sites after 1977

• Funded by bond forfeitures and the coal tax

• Reclamation of the sites shall be completed to restore the approved post mining land use according to the requirements of the original permit.

HowSpecial Reclamation Program

does its job

Sampling

• Sampling locations are determined through collection of all the seeps and final discharge points

• Depends on the site– Raw water

• These locations are recorded using GPS

Sample Collection• Grab samples are collected monthly for

active and passive treatment sites

• Technology Based Standards– pH >6 and <9, Fe <3, Mn <2, Al <0.8

• Parameters: – flow (CFS)– pH– Total Metals (Al, Fe, and Mn)

– SO4

– Total Hot Acidity– Alkalinity

Analyses• Laboratory

– total metals and general chemistry– 3 contracted laboratory’s

• One in each region

• Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater

• Field– pH, conductivity, temperature, total metals– Examined on the final discharge– As needed

Data Storage

• Paper and electronic

• Data is uploaded into an Oracle database

• Data is not available to the public and must be requested using FOIA

Before Reclamation

After Reclamation

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Additional Information

• www.wvdep.org

• Water quality information– Alyce.R.Lee@wv.gov 304-465-1911 X 3012