Abandoned Mine Voids and Safety Commission
Agenda
September 12, 2002 – 10:00 a.m.
Room 105, Rachel Carson State Office Building
Harrisburg, PA
Welcome/Opening Remarks David Hess
Swearing in of MembersDavid Hess
IntroductionsScott Roberts
Review of Governor Schweiker’s Executive OrderRaja Ramani
Establish Dates/Times/Milestones
for Future Meetings and Hearings
Public Hearing Details
Update on status of Quecreek
Format of the Report
Discussion/Questions & Comments from the Public
Adjourn
Agenda
Governor’s Commission on Abandoned Mine Voids and Mine Safety
Oct. 3 Public Hearing
Johnstown, PA
9:00 – 9:30 Discuss and vote on minutes from Sept. 12, 2002 Commission
Meeting
9:30 – 10:00 Jeffrey Mihallik (UMWA) Safety of Mine Workers
10:00 – 10:30 Timothy Hroblak (UMWA Safety Committee, District #2) Safety of Mine Workers
10:30 – 11:00 Daniel Kane (UMWA) Safety of Mine Workers
11:00 – 11:30 Peg Trimble (Dept. of Health, Emergency Health Services) Emergency Response Coordination
11:30 – 12:00 Beverly Braverman (Mountain Watershed Association) Permitting underground bituminous mines
Lunch Break
1:00 – 1:30 Bill Plassio (Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of District Mining Operations) Bituminous Underground Mine Permitting
1:30 – 2:00 Bill Bookshar (Pennsylvania DEP Bureau of Deep Mine Safety) Bituminous Underground Mine Barrier Pillar and Safety Zone Approvals
2:00 – 3:00 Lynn Jamison, DEP DMS – inspector for Quecreek
3:00 – 3:30Joe Sbaffoni (Pennsylvania DEP Bureau of Deep Mine Safety) Quecreek Mine Inundation
AGENDA
Governor’s Commission on Abandoned Mine Voids and Mine Safety
October 9, 2002 Public Hearing
Quality Inn, Pottsville, PA
9:00 – 9:15 Commission Chairman - Welcome and Introduction – overview of Governor’s executive order and charge to the Commission.
9:15 – 10:00 Michael Kuhns, U.S. Office of Surface Mining, Wilkes-Barre mine map repository
10:00 – 10:45 Earl Kieffer, Anthracite Independent Miners Association, Anthracite underground mining
10:45 – 11:30 David Williams, D. Williams & Assoc., Anthracite underground mine surveying
11:30 – 12:15 George Gardner, MSHA, Geophysics and directional drilling
Lunch Break
1:15 – 2:00 Terry Ackman, Dept. of Energy, Geophysics –detecting mine voids
2:00 – 2:45 Frank Kendorski, Agapito and Assoc., Inc, Rock mechanics and mine barrier hydrology
2:45 – 3:30 Glenn Wattley, Stolar Horizon, Inc., Geophysics – detecting mine voids
3:30 – 4:15 Jay Parrish, PA Geologic and Topographic Survey, Archiving, digitizing, and georeferencing maps
4:15 – 5:00Michael Bubel, DEP, DMS- Pottsville – Anthracite Coal Mine Laws
Note: Underlined times indicate that the presenter provided written testimony or a hard copy of their PowerPoint presentation.
Agenda
Governor’s Commission on Abandoned Mine Voids and Mine Safety
Public Hearing, October, 23
Ramada Inn, Somerset, PA
9:00 am Commission Chairman, opening remarks / review of Commission’s function and goals
9:15 am John Wood (Target Drilling), horizontal drilling to detect mine voids
9:45 am Thomas Mucho (NIOSH), mine planning, design and operation
10:15 am Michael Brnich and Charles Vaught (NIOSH),mine inundation training for underground miners
11:15 am Bill Johnson (D’Appolonia), detecting mine voids using geophysics
11:45 am Peter Saxman, Son of former owner of Saxman Coal and Coke
12:00 pm Albert W. Barnett, Former employee of Saxman Mine
12:15 pm Pastor Barry K. Ritenour
Lunch
1:30 pm William L. Whittaker (CMU), detecting mine voids using robotics
2:00 pm Pennsylvania Coal Association, panel
3:00 pm UMWA, panel
4:00 pm Joe Main (UMWA), mine safety
Note: Underlined times indicate that the presenter provided written testimony or a hard copy of their PowerPoint presentation.
Abandoned Mine Voids and Safety Commission
Agenda
November 6, 2002
Penn Stater Conference Center, Room 222
State College, PA
IUP Proposal
MSHA Response
Written Materials
Review Present Submissions
Break – Recommendations
Present Recommendations
Conclusions and Report