BC MEND ML/ARD Annual Workshop

  1. Mayich D. and B. Macdonald. Acid Rock Drainage Dry Covers Site Closure Program. Presented at the 2009 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Cape Breton  consolidate  dry cover  Franklyn  geomembrane  Princess  Summit  Victoria Junction 


  2. MacDonald B.. Cape Breton Development Corporation (CBDC) Site Closure Program. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  background  Cape Breton  closure  financial security  flooded  subsidence  underground 


  3. O'Kane M. and L. Barbour. Challenges with measuring cover system performance. Presented at the 2014 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Cape Breton  dry cover  monitoring 


  4. Wiatzka G.. Closure Liability Estimating for Cape Breton Development Closure Properties. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  Cape Breton  closure  financial security  guidance  underground 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Development of a Screening Level Risk Assessment Methodology for Abandoned Mines and Former Military Sites in Northern Canada
    2. Risk Assessment of Site Conditions at the Port Radium Mine Site, NWT

  5. Meiers G., M. O'Kane, C. Bradley and J. Shea. Closure of a Legacy WRP: Transitioning to Passive Treatment. Presented at the 2015 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Cape Breton  dry cover  geomembrane  hydrology  treatment  Victoria Junction 


  6. Power C., D. Hersey and J. MacPhee. Comparative Analysis of Defect Leakage Rates at Geomembrane-Lined Cover Systems in the Sydney Coalfield. Presented at the 2022 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Cape Breton  cover  Franklin  geomembrane  hydrology  monitoring  Scotchtown Summit  Victoria Junction 


  7. Bleiker D.. Concept to Closure: Victoria Junction Coal Preparation Plant. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Cape Breton  closure  dry cover  geomembrane  hydrology  treatment  Victoria Junction 


  8. Shea J.. Designing a Treatment System to Deal with the Combined Discharge from a Group of Nine Flooding Coal Mines. Presented at the 2012 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Cape Breton  flooded underground  hydrology  subsidence  treatment 


  9. Kwong Y.T.J.. Evolution of Mine-Pool Chemistry at the Sydney Coal Mines, Nova Scotia, and Its Impacts on Decommissioning Strategy. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Cape Breton  flooded underground  hydrology  prediction  water management 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Evolution of Mine-Pool Chemistry at the Sydney Coalfield, Nova Scotia, Canada, and Its Implications for Mine Decommissioning

  10. Meiers G., C. Bradley and J. Shea. Performance of Cover Systems with Geosynthetic Barrier Layers. Presented at the 2015 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Cape Breton  dry covers  geomembranes 


  11. Power C., D. Hersey, M. Ramasamy and J. MacPhee. Seven Years of Cover Performance at Mine Waste Rock Piles: Insights from the Sydney Coalfield. Presented at the 2022 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Cape Breton  cover  drainage chemistry  Franklin  gas  geomembrane  hydrology  Lingan  monitoring  Scotchtown Summit  soil barrier  Victoria Junction 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Combined DC resistivity and induced polarization (DC-IP) for mapping the internal composition of a mine waste rock pile in Nova Scotia, Canada
    2. Performance assessment of a single-layer moisture store-and-release cover system at a mine waste rock pile in a seasonally humid region (Nova Scotia, Canada)
    3. Evolution of Acid Mine Drainage from a Coal Waste Rock Pile Reclaimed with a Simple Soil Cover
    4. Numerical prediction of the long-term evolution of acid mine drainage at a waste rock pile site remediated with an HDPE-lined cover system
    5. Five-year performance monitoring of a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) cover system at a reclaimed mine waste rock pile in the Sydney Coalfield (Nova Scotia, Canada)

  12. Forgeron S.. The 1B Hydraulic System - Sydney Coalfield, Glace Bay, NS. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Cape Breton  closure  collection  diversion  drainage chemistry  hydrology  treatment  underground 


  13. Shea J.. The 1B Hydraulic System (CBDC). Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Cape Breton  discharge  flooded underground  hydrology  NP  water management 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. The 1B Hydraulic System

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