6/22/2006 2:48 PM

Draft Itinerary

CAC 2006 Regional Meeting – Southwest Region

Mon., June 26 – Wed., June 28

Location: Best Western University Inn, 1545 Wayne Ave., Indiana, PA 15701

888-299-9620

Monday, June 26, 2006

ATTENDEES
Scott Cannon / Curtis Kratz / Sue Wilson
Cynthia Carrow / Pat Lupo / Janis Dean
Joyce Hatala / Thad Stevens / Stephanie Mioff
Walter Heine / David Strong / Bill Bookshar, DEP Bureau of Mine Safety
Bernie Hoffnar / Burt Waite

Cruse Digital Scanner Demonstration at Indiana University (Stapleton Library)

Dress: Casual

5:45 p.m. / Meet in hotel lobby for drive to IUP (will need several cars)
6:00 – 8:00 pm / Cruse digital scanner demo and DEP-led discussion on mine safety / Phil Zorich & Doug Shumar, IUP
Bill Bookshar, DEP
8:30 pm / Return to hotel - Informal get-together in hotel lounge


Tuesday, June 27, 2006

ATTENDEES
Scott Cannon / Thad Stevens / Ken Bowman, DEP SWRO Dir.
Cynthia Carrow / David Strong / Jim Resh, Indiana Consvtn District
Joyce Hatala / Margaret Urban / Nick Pinizzotto, Western PA Conservancy
Walter Heine / Burt Waite / Scott Horrell, DEP Bur. of AMR
Bernie Hoffnar / Sue Wilson / Dan Sammarco, DEP Bur. of AMR
Curtis Kratz / Janis Dean / Bill Dadamo, DEP Bur. of AMR
Pat Lupo / Stephanie Mioff / Lou D’Amico, IOGA of PA
Michele Tate, DEP Policy (Evening Session)

Note: There will be walking on rough terrain for some site visits: casual dress, comfortable walking shoes (no open-toe shoes).

7:45 am / Meet in hotel lobby to board bus – bus will leave no later than 8:00 a.m.
8:15 – 9:15 am / Brookside Dairy Manure Digester / Jim Resh, Indiana Co.Cons. Dist.
9:30 – 10:15 am (time is tentative) / Active drill rig / Joe Umholtz & Ron Gilius, DEP Bur. Oil & Gas Mgt (tentative); Doug Catalano, DEP SWRO (tentative); Lou D’Amico, IOGA
10:30– 11:30 am / (1) Blacklegs Creek acid mine drainage restoration project; and (2) Blacklegs Creek Trout Nursery (not a site visit – will be discussed) / Nick Pinizzotto, Western PA Conservancy, Watershed Services
12:30 am – 1:30 pm / Lunch at Duman Lake County Park (Box lunches provided for CAC members)
1:30 – 2:30 pm / DEP’s acid mine drainage treatment facility at former Barnes & Tucker site / Scott Horrell, Dan Sammarco and Bill Dadamo - DEP Bureau of AMR, Cambria Office
2:50 – 3:50pm / Site of new acid mine drainage treatment facility/coal refuse pile / Scott, Dan and Bill (see above)
4:30 pm / Return to hotel
5:30 pm / Buffet-style dinner provided at hotel.
7:00 – 9:00 pm / Public Input Session (Spruce Room)
SCHEDULED PUBLIC INPUT
7:00 pm (T) – Sandra Brown, Farmer
(Water loss due to mining) / 8 pm (T) – Krissy Kasserman, Tri-State Citizens
Mining Network (Environmntl justice)
7:15 pm (T) – Ann Rea, League of Women Voters
(Indiana’s location near power
plants; absence of monitor; mercury) / 8:15 pm (T) – Nick Pinizzotto, WPC (DEP’s
assistance with local groups &
Growing Greener)
7:30 pm – Aimee Erickson, Citizens Coal
Council (Mining permit process) / 8:30 pm – Floyd Neiderhiser, Cook Twp. Supvr.
(Permit issues: lengthy process,
jurisdiction between state & local)
7:45 pm (T) – Lynette Yarnick, Yarnick’s Farm
(Impact of proposed coal cleaning
plant on crops & livestock) / 8:45 pm -

Wednesday, June 28

·  Spruce Room, Best Western University Inn, Indiana

·  Business to business-casual dress

ATTENDEES
Scott Cannon / Pat Lupo / Sue Wilson
Cynthia Carrow / Thad Stevens / Janis Dean
Joyce Hatala / David Strong / Stephanie Mioff
Walter Heine / Margaret Urban / Ken Bowman, DEP SWRO Director
Bernie Hoffnar / Burt Waite
8:00 am / CAC business meeting
·  Approval of Minutes
·  Committee Reports
·  Priorities Report
8:30 am / Regional Director’s Report / Ken Bowman, DEP Southwest Regional Office Director
9:15 am / BREAK
9:30 am – 12:00 noon / Public Input Session (Spruce Room)
SCHEDULED PUBLIC INPUT
9:30 am – Don Kardos (Impacts from blasting near
his home & DEP’s response to this issue)
/ 10:45 am – Lou D’Amico, IOGA (local ordinances
regulating oil and gas well activity)
9:45 am (T) – John Dudash, PA Senior Env. Corps
(Source water protection under
Homeland Security; nutrient mgmt.)
/ 11 am (T) - Len Lichvar, Somerset Co. Cons. District
(Reforestation of abandoned mine lands)
10 am – (T) Della Jean Manning, Indiana-Cambria
Environmental Assn. (Impact of 3 deep
mines on Yellow Creek watershed) / 11:15 am -
10:15 am – (T) Linda Saxon, Indiana-Cambria
Environmental Assn. (I-99 pyritic
rock removal; impact on wells from
water released into the
Susquehanna) / 11:30 am – (T) Tom Grote, Conemaugh Valley
Conservancy (Growing Greener matching
fund and cash match)
10:30 am – (T) John Dryzal, Cambria Cons. Dist.
(AML Fund; Growing Greener
required match) / 11:45 am – (T) Bruce Golden, WPCAMR (Growing
Greener and operation/maintenance of
passive treatment systems)