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2026
Thursday, May 7th
8:00 AM	Illinois Coal Ash Impoundment Assessment Randy Locke, Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois at Urbana and Champaign Lexington, Kentucky 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
8:30 AM	Building Better Partnerships: Design-Build Lessons from the Ash Pond Closure Front Lines Brian Egan, CTI and Associates Nicholas Golden, CTI and Associates Mark Edlebeck, Fisher Contracting Company Lexington, Kentucky 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
8:30 AM	Dewatering System Operations and Modeling of a Bottom Ash CCR Surface Impoundment Craig Schuettpelz, WSP Todd Stong, WSP Ben Sieren, WSP Lexington, Kentucky 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM	Site Characterization, Design, Permitting, and Construction for Clean Closure of a Small but Challenging Legacy CCR Disposal Impoundment John Garten, Tetra Tech EC, Inc. Bob Baker, Tetra Tech EC, Inc. Lee Lenhart, Tetra Tech EC, Inc. Lexington, Kentucky 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
9:00 AM	Trimble County Pond Closures Steven Turner, Tetra Tech EC, Inc. Shanti Montgomery, Tetra Tech EC, Inc. Lexington, Kentucky 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM	Lessons Learned: Commissioning an FGD Wastewater Treatment System Bella Triolet, Stantec Consulting Services Inc. McKale Grant, Stantec Consulting Services Inc. Louis Manigault, Santee Cooper Lexington, Kentucky 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
9:30 AM	Risk Evaluation of Linear Coal Combustion Residual Management Unit (CCRMU) Fills Qian Zhang, Gradient Andrew Bittner, Gradient John Kondziolka, Gradient Masoud Arshadi, Gradient Lexington, Kentucky 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
10:30 AM	Application of Mine Tailings Flow Failure Assessment on CCR Zachary Fallert, Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. Lexington, Kentucky 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
10:30 AM	Establishing Groundwater Monitoring Systems Under the Legacy Rule: A Systematic Approach for Utilities Chris Hoglund, Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc. Lexington, Kentucky 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
10:30 AM	Risk Evaluation of Linear Coal Combustion Residual Management Unit (CCRMU) Fills Qian Zhang, Gradient Andrew Bittner, Gradient John Kondziolka, Gradient Masoud Arshadi, Gradient Lexington, Kentucky 10:30 AM - 10:00 AM
11:00 AM	Before the Limit Hits: Lessons from a Proactive Construction Air Monitoring Program Brian Egan, CTI and Associates Nicholas Golden, CTI and Associates Wendy Depp, CTI and Assoicates Lexington, Kentucky 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:00 AM	Integrating advanced geochemical workflows with modern statistical tools to improve the decision-making process at CCR Sites, a case study Glenna Thomas, Haley and Aldrich Lexington, Kentucky 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:00 AM	Simplified Approximate Procedure for Assessing the Implications of Updated USGS Seismic Hazard Models on Seismic Stability Assessments of CCR Impoundment Facilities Nick McClung, Tennessee Valley Authority Matt Bishop, Tennessee Valley Authority Adrian Pena-Iguaran, Geocomp, Inc Seda Gokyer-Erbis, Geocomp, Inc Lexington, Kentucky 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM	Brine Solidification and Metals Sequestration Using Lignocellulosics Frank Kvietok, Lignetics Group Lexington, Kentucky 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
11:30 AM	Practical guidelines for pump testing of CCR: workflow, design, and lessons learned. Nathanial Keller, Ramboll Brian Hennings, Ramboll Vic Modeer, Vistra Katie Moran, Ramboll Lexington, Kentucky 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM