Wednesday

Basin Ash Harvesting at the Brunner Island Station

Kyle Flynn, ST Equipment & Technology

Lexington, Kentucky

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Benefits of Geophysical Imaging for Coal Combustion Residuals Management Unit Delineation

Gabriel Herbert, Arcadis

Lexington, Kentucky

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Evaluating the Properties of Ohio Ponded Fly Ash for Reliable Use in Concrete Mixtures

Ayah Suliman, The Ohio State University

Lexington, Kentucky

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Evolution of Instrumentation Use for CCR Unit Decision Making

Nick McClung, Tennessee Valley Authority
Victoria Bierwirth, Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
Matt Bishop, Tennessee Valley Authority

Lexington, Kentucky

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Extracting REEs from Refuse Pile Coal

Howard McClintic, Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC)

Lexington, Kentucky

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Innovative Analysis of Groundwater Data for Scalable, Defensible, and Predictive Compliance

Shannon Zahuranec, Life Cycle Geo, LLC

Lexington, Kentucky

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Subsurface Delineation of Coal Combustion Residuals Using Multiple Geophysical Methods

Eric Hageman, Tennessee Valley Authority
Adam Rak, Key Environmental, Inc
Thomas Jordan, Youngstown State University
Kate McKinley, THG Geophysics

Lexington, Kentucky

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Testing of Accelerated Pozzolanic Activity of Fly Ash

Anne Oberlink, UK CAER
Tom Robl, UK CAER
Bob Jewell, UK CAER
Haley Johnson, UK CAER

Lexington, Kentucky

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Evaluating and Managing CCR Variability at an Active Beneficial Use Clean Closure Site

John Garten, Tetra Tech EC, Inc.
Bob Baker, Tetra Tech, Inc.
Lee Lenhart, Tetra Tech, Inc.

Lexington, Kentucky

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Identifying and Controlling Landfill Construction Impacts to Stormwater Flow Paths

Kory Anstead, AECOM

Lexington, Kentucky

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Three Use Cases for Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) for Coal Ash Combustion (CCR) Pond Closure Projects

Zach Boucias, Sixense NA

Lexington, Kentucky

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Evaluation of Bottom Ash for Beneficial Use

Danielle Sylvia Cofelice, WSP
Thomas Haskins, WSP

Lexington, Kentucky

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Fifteen Years, 450 Acres: Inside the TVA Gallatin Ash Pond Closure

Brian Egan, CTI and Associates
Shane Harris, Tennessee Valley Authority

Lexington, Kentucky

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Germanium and Gallium: Evaluating Their Potential in Coal Ash

Ari Campanaro, Microbeam Technologies, Inc

Lexington, Kentucky

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Novel Use of pED-XRF for Identification of CCR in Fill Units and Comingled Media

Charla Barnes, Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
Harris Byers, Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
Eric Hageman, Tennessee Valley Authority

Lexington, Kentucky

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Tuning Boilers to Reduce Carbon in Fly Ash - Making Salable Ash

Rod Hatt, Coal Combustion, Inc.

Lexington, Kentucky

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Coal-Derived Fly Ash – The Outlook Is Bright in the UK

Nigel Cooke, UK Quality Ash Association

Lexington, Kentucky

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

TVA PAF Gypsum Stack Final Closure – Lessons Learned and Planning for Future Use

Brooke Alison, CTI and Associates
Nicholas Golden, CTI and Associates
Gabe Lang, Watershed Geo
Shane Harris, Tennessee Valley Authority

Lexington, Kentucky

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Unlocking Data Integrity: How Historical Data Review Enhances the Accuracy of Laboratory Results

Danielle Coles, Onterris

Lexington, Kentucky

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Corrective Action Alternative Evaluation for Surface Impoundment Remedy – Two Case Study Examples

Qian Zhang, Gradient
Andrew Bittner, Gradient

Lexington, Kentucky

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Engineering Stormwater Resilience in Steep Valley CCR Landfill Construction

Kevin Resnik, GAI Consultants, Inc.
Grant Phelps, LG&E and KU Services Company

Lexington, Kentucky

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Rapid Field Methods to Distinguish Coal Ash and Soil

Benjamin Gallagher, EPRI
Klaudio Peshtani, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Lee Slater, Rutger University-Newark
Rebecca Kreuzer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Lexington, Kentucky

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Navigating Regulatory Uncertainty in CCR Management: A Panel Discussion

Mark Rokoff, Burns & McDonnell
Richard Huggins, Edison Electric Institute
Martha Thomsen, Baker Botts LLP
Roger Clarke, Burns & McDonnell

Lexington, Kentucky

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Improving economic and environmental outcomes of legacy coal ash ponds

Grace Wilken, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, at Prairie Research Institute, at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Lexington, Kentucky

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Innovations to Engineered Synthetic Turf Solutions for CCR Units

Nicholas Golden, CTI and Assoicates
Gabe Lang, Watershed Geo
Bradford Cooley, Watershed Geo

Lexington, Kentucky

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Integrated Groundwater Flow and Transport Modeling for Coal Combustion Residual (CCR) Sites: From Closure Permitting to Corrective Action

Brian Hennings, Ramboll
Pejman Rasouli, Ramboll
Vic Modeer, Vistra
Rhys Fuller, Vistra

Lexington, Kentucky

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

The Effect of Closure in Place on Groundwater Performance Objectives

Dennis Connair, AECOM
Jason Lach, AECOM
Rachel Bosch, AECOM

Lexington, Kentucky

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

CCR Impoundment Closure: Encapsulation Design Using Closure Cap and Cutoff Wall

John Klamut, GAI Consultants, Inc.
A. Edward Sciulli, GAI Consultants, Inc.
Kevin Bortz, GAI Consultants, Inc.

Lexington, Kentucky

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Engineered Turf and Solar Renewable Performance on CCR in Extreme Weather

Nate Niekamp, Watershed Geo
Bryan Scholl, Watershed Geo
Ming Zhu, Watershed Geo
Thomas Orzech, Watershed Geo

Lexington, Kentucky

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Engineered Turf and Solar Renewable Performance on CCR in Extreme Weather

Nate Niekamp, Watershed Geo
Bryan Scholl, Watershed Geo
Ming Zhu, Watershed Geo
Thomas Orzech, Watershed Geo

Lexington, Kentucky

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

From Ash Pond to Concrete: A Two-Step Treatment for Enhancing Reactivity of Reclaimed Ashes

Aysan Farajnia, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Lexington, Kentucky

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

From Ash Pond to Concrete: A Two-Step Treatment for Enhancing Reactivity of Reclaimed Ashes

Aysan Farajnia, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Lexington, Kentucky

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Increase drying rate and reduce heavy metals in legacy coal ash landfills with biochar addition

David Schmidt, Michigan Technological University

Lexington, Kentucky

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Narrative Power: Strengthening Coal Ash Communications in a Shifting Policy and Media Environment

Tamara Hinton, Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies

Lexington, Kentucky

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Closure of a Process Water Impoundment

Todd Stong, WSP
Shane Stockdill, Rainbow Energy Center
Erin Hunter, WSP

Lexington, Kentucky

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Establishing sustainable vegetation on a challenging legacy CCR site

Derek Oosterhouse, Profile Products
Blake Arthur, American Electric Power

Lexington, Kentucky

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Future Strategies for Beneficial Use Harvesting

Gabe Lang, Watershed Geo
Patrick Kiser, TVA

Lexington, Kentucky

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Horizontal Wells for CCR Applications – Results and Lessons Learned

David Bardsley, Ellingson Companies

Lexington, Kentucky

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Methods to Enhance Groundwater Remediation During CBR and Mass Transfer Controls on Post-Closure Groundwater Cleanup at CCR Impoundments

Sean Larkin, Haley & Aldrich
Jacob Chu, Haley & Aldrich
John Blue, Haley & Aldrich

Lexington, Kentucky

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Establishing a Roadmap for the Planning, Design, and Construction of a Water Treatment System for a CCR Unit Closure

Mariah Schroeder, Burns & McDonnell
Matthew Balance, Vistra Corp

Lexington, Kentucky

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Strategic Workforce Solutions in the Coal Ash Industry

Stuart Keeter, Management Recruiters of Raleigh – MRINetwork

Lexington, Kentucky

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

The Modern Hydraulic Containment System: Using Automation, Telemetry and Data Dashboarding to Meet Client and Regulatory Objectives at a Coal Combustion Residual (CCR) Site

Brian Hennings, Ramboll
Christopher Glidden, Ramboll
Vic Modeer, Vistra
J. Austin Bond, Ramboll

Lexington, Kentucky

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM