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  • 1.  SME GA Virtual Zoom Meeting, Thurs. Feb. 17 @ 3:20 PM, Professional Seminar: Mining and Geology Topics in the Southeast during Covid

    Posted 01-28-2022 03:50 PM
    Steven Stokowski is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom Seminar.  This will cover a variety of Mining and Geology Topics in the Southeast during Covid.  This is a joint meeting with AEG Atlanta and AIPG Georgia.  There will be 5 presentations of 15 minutes each.  The presentations will last from 3:30 PM and end before 5:15 PM.  The presentation titles and abstracts will follow in a follow-up notice. 

    Topic: Seminar: Mining and Geology Topics in the Southeast during Covid
    Time: Feb 17, 2022 03:20 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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  • 2.  RE: SME GA Virtual Zoom Meeting, Thurs. Feb. 17 @ 3:20 PM, Professional Seminar: Mining and Geology Topics in the Southeast during Covid

    Posted 02-10-2022 03:00 PM

    Steven Stokowski is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom Seminar on Thursday, February 17, 2022.  This joint meeting of AEG Atlanta, SME Georgia, and AIPG Georgia. It will cover a variety of Mining and Geology Topics in the Southeast during Covid.  There will be 5 presentations of 15 minutes each.  The presentations will last from 3:30 PM and end before 5:15 PM.  The presentation titles and authors are listed below.

    Topic: Seminar: Mining and Geology Topics in the Southeast during Covid

    Time: Feb 17, 2022 03:20 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

    Join Zoom Meeting

    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85079105972


    Meeting ID: 850 7910 5972
    One tap mobile
    +13126266799,,85079105972# US (Chicago)
    +16465588656,,85079105972# US (New York)

    Dial by your location
    +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
    +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
    +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
    +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
    +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)
    +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)

     

    SCHEDULE

    Seminar: Mining and Geology Topics in the Southeast during Covid
    Feb 17, 2022. Eastern Time

    3:30PM – 3:35    Welcome and Introductions

    3:35PM – 3:55    Maddie German, "Working During COVID"

    3:55PM – 4:15    Ben Bentkowski, "Exchange of River Water with Offshore Groundwater at the Former B.F. Goodrich Facility, Calvert City, KY"

    4:15PM – 4:35    Cal Johnson, "The Show Must Go On – Even During a Global Pandemic"

    4:35PM – 4:55    Thomas Fazio, "BioChemical Reactor Trials for Removal of Selenium from Wastewater"

    4:55PM – 5:15    Julian Gray, "Georgia's Mining and Mineral Heritage"

    Steve
    S. J. Stokowski, CPG, PG

    Chair, AEG Atlanta
    Vice Chair, SME Georgia

    Web: www.linkedin.com/in/stevenstokowski/
    cell: 508-259-3536 



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  • 3.  RE: SME GA Virtual Zoom Meeting, Thurs. Feb. 17 @ 3:20 PM, Professional Seminar: Mining and Geology Topics in the Southeast during Covid

    Posted 02-16-2022 04:23 PM
    ABSTRACTS:

    Working During COVID

    German, Maddie1

     

    2020 and 2021 provided lots of opportunities to experience changes in the working world and in a professional organization. While many of these challenges have passed, others are ongoing and new ones are emerging.  But not everything changed, as they say the show must go on and interesting projects were not put on hold because of COVID.  One site investigation appeared routine from the outset, but once the data started coming in things were not what they seemed. Additional research was needed to potentially avoid a major construction redesign; and the results inspire some big questions.

    1Atlantic Coast Consulting, Roswell, GA, maddie.german45@gmail.com

     

    Maddie German works as an environmental geologist outside of Atlanta, Georgia for Atlantic Coast Consulting.  She primarily focuses on site assessment work, groundwater and subsurface investigations.  She was formerly the Carolina's Chapter chair and has served on several AEG committees.  When not working, she spends her time slowly walking her 2 senior dogs or riding the many mountain bike trails in the Georgia foothills.

     

    Exchange of River Water with Offshore Groundwater in Calvert City, KY

    Bentkowski, Ben1

     

    A Superfund site is located near the end of the Tennessee River in Kentucky. There is contamination under the river in the 'river aquifer'. The water level in the river is very dynamic due to the seasonal variations over such a large catchment area and a dam immediately upstream. Will these river level fluctuations eventually restore the river aquifer, once the DNAPL is removed? A graphical and mathematical analysis answers this question.

    1US EPA Region 4, Atlanta, GA, bbentkow@gmail.com

     

    Ben Bentkowski, P.G. is a senior hydrogeologist at the US EPA Region 4 office in Atlanta where he provides technical support to the R4 Superfund program. He started slipping logs in the oil fields of southwestern Kansas in 1979, a mere 42 years ago. He recently took his grandkids back to the Cretaceous of Oklahoma for a successful fossil hunt.

     

     

    The Show Must Go On – Even During a Global Pandemic

    Johnson, Calvin R.

     

    1Mill Creek Environmental, LLC, calvin.johnson@oneatlas.com

     

    Calvin is a licensed professional geologist in multiple states (including Georgia, Florida & Alabama) with nearly thirty years of environmental consulting experience performing geological, hydrological, geochemical, geophysical, and water resources investigations for a variety of industries throughout the eastern United States and abroad.

    Bench-Scale BioChemical Reactor Removes Selenium from Mineral Processing Effluent

    Fazio, Thomas1 (presenter); Gusek, James J.2; White, Steve1; Renner, Jim1; Stanton, Dan1

     

    Selenium is a trace constituent of sediments and ground water accessed for heavy mineral sands in southeast Georgia. Re-use of water to separate the desirable minerals concentrates dissolved constituents, necessitating a blowdown. pH adjustment and flocculation remove suspended humates and most metals, but selenium in the effluent exceeds the NPDES limit of 5 ppb. A bench-scale biochemical reactor has been operated for 2 years. Various recipes of organic materials and bacteria reduce soluble selenite and selenate to insoluble elemental selenium which precipitates in the reactor cell. Se concentration in the BCR discharge is consistently less than 5 ppb.

    1 Chemours, Patterson, GA, Thomas.fazioiii@chemours.com

    2 Linkan Consulting, Golden, CO

     

    Thomas Fazio is an Environmental Technician with Chemours' Titanium Technologies business unit. At Chemours' Mission Mine in southeast Georgia, Thomas coordinates with mine planners, mine operators, contractors, and regulators to implement environmental best practices and insure environmental compliance. Thomas's expertise is in field design, construction, and operation of novel water treatment technologies.

    Georgia's Mining and Mineral Heritage

    Gray, Julian C. 1

     

    Georgia has a rich mineral heritage going back to the 1700s.  The geology of Georgia encompasses a wide range of rocks from Precambrian basement rocks, Paleozoic sedimentary rocks, igneous rocks including granites and pegmatites, metamorphosed sedimentary and volcanic rock, and unconsolidated sediments.  Each of these environments host interesting mineral deposits of interest to mining and mineral collectors.  These resources have been exploited for aggregate and dimension stone for construction, industrial minerals such as ochre and kaolin for pigments and paper coatings, kyanite for ceramics, beryllium for steel making, and mica for the electronics industry.  Metallic mineral resources historically recovered include gold, iron, copper, and manganese.  Recently, minerals have been mined for their beauty as mineral specimens for the collector or for gemstones.

    1Focal Point Mineralogy, Hillsboro, OR, juliangrocks@gmail.com

     

    Julian Gray is the principal scientist at Focal Point Mineralogy (focalpointmineralogy.com). He is former curator of Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia and the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals, in Hillsboro, Oregon. Julian also served as Executive director of the Rice Museum. A Georgia native, Julian studied at Georgia State University where he earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in geology. He received additional training in micro-analytical techniques from the McCrone Research Institute in Chicago, Illinois. Julian has worked with the U.S. Geological Survey and several commercial laboratories and environmental consulting firms. Julian lives in Hillsboro, Oregon with his wife, Barb Epstien.



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  • 4.  RE: SME GA Virtual Zoom Meeting, Thurs. Feb. 17 @ 3:20 PM, Professional Seminar: Mining and Geology Topics in the Southeast during Covid

    Posted 03-15-2022 09:14 PM
    Here is the final set of abstracts.

    Seminar: Mining and Geology Topics in the Southeast during Covid
    Time: Feb 17, 2022 03:20 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

     Working During COVID

    German, Maddie1

     

    2020 and 2021 provided lots of opportunities to experience changes in the working world and in a professional organization. While many of these challenges have passed, others are ongoing and new ones are emerging.  But not everything changed, as they say the show must go on and interesting projects were not put on hold because of COVID.  One site investigation appeared routine from the outset, but once the data started coming in things were not what they seemed. Additional research was needed to potentially avoid a major construction redesign; and the results inspire some big questions.

    1Atlantic Coast Consulting, Roswell, GA, maddie.german45@gmail.com

     

    Maddie German works as an environmental geologist outside of Atlanta, Georgia for Atlantic Coast Consulting.  She primarily focuses on site assessment work, groundwater and subsurface investigations.  She was formerly the Carolina's Chapter chair and has served on several AEG committees.  When not working, she spends her time slowly walking her 2 senior dogs or riding the many mountain bike trails in the Georgia foothills.

     

    Exchange of River Water with Offshore Groundwater in Calvert City, KY

    Bentkowski, Ben1

     

    A Superfund site is located near the end of the Tennessee River in Kentucky. There is contamination under the river in the 'river aquifer'. The water level in the river is very dynamic due to the seasonal variations over such a large catchment area and a dam immediately upstream. Will these river level fluctuations eventually restore the river aquifer, once the DNAPL is removed? A graphical and mathematical analysis answers this question.

    1US EPA Region 4, Atlanta, GA, bbentkow@gmail.com

     

    Ben Bentkowski, P.G. is a senior hydrogeologist at the US EPA Region 4 office in Atlanta where he provides technical support to the R4 Superfund program. He started slipping logs in the oil fields of southwestern Kansas in 1979, a mere 42 years ago. He recently took his grandkids back to the Cretaceous of Oklahoma for a successful fossil hunt.

     

     

    The Show Must Go On – Even During a Global Pandemic

    Johnson, Calvin R. 1

     

    As we emerge from about two of the weirdest years' our consulting careers, let's look back and reflect on what transpired from the initial announcement of a potential outbreak of something called COVID or the "China Flu" to national, state, and local lockdowns, school and business closures, and individual business operational changes over time. The global pandemic seemed to touch every corner of the globe and has impacted people, families, communities, businesses, and countries in ways that are likely to leave scars and may alter the way we work, interact, plan, and conduct business for the foreseeable future and possibly forever. But as they say, "the show must go on" so we adjust and adapt to continue to survive and make a living as technical professionals. Basically, we keep doing what we have been doing our whole career, although the rules seem to be changing more rapidly, thus further complicating our daily lives and schedules to a level that seems unimaginable only about two short years ago.

    1Mill Creek Environmental, LLC, calvin.johnson@oneatlas.com

     

    Calvin Johnson, PG is an environmental consultant and a professional geologist working for Atlas Technical Consultants in Atlanta, Georgia. His primarily focus is on site assessment, groundwater, subsurface investigation, remediation, and landfill related work. He is the President of the Georgia Chapter for the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG). When not working, he spends time playing or coaching ice hockey.

     

    Bench-Scale BioChemical Reactor Removes Selenium from Mineral Processing Effluent

    Fazio, Thomas1 (presenter); Gusek, James J.2; White, Steve1; Renner, Jim1; Stanton, Dan1

     

    Selenium is a trace constituent of sediments and ground water accessed for heavy mineral sands in southeast Georgia. Re-use of water to separate the desirable minerals concentrates dissolved constituents, necessitating a blowdown. pH adjustment and flocculation remove suspended humates and most metals, but selenium in the effluent exceeds the NPDES limit of 5 ppb. A bench-scale biochemical reactor has been operated for 2 years. Various recipes of organic materials and bacteria reduce soluble selenite and selenate to insoluble elemental selenium which precipitates in the reactor cell. Se concentration in the BCR discharge is consistently less than 5 ppb.

    1 Chemours, Patterson, GA, Thomas.fazioiii@chemours.com

    2 Linkan Consulting, Golden, CO

     

    Thomas Fazio is an Environmental Technician with Chemours' Titanium Technologies business unit. At Chemours' Mission Mine in southeast Georgia, Thomas coordinates with mine planners, mine operators, contractors, and regulators to implement environmental best practices and insure environmental compliance. Thomas's expertise is in field design, construction, and operation of novel water treatment technologies.


     

    Georgia's Mining and Mineral Heritage

    Gray, Julian C. 1

     

    Georgia has a rich mineral heritage going back to the 1700s.  The geology of Georgia encompasses a wide range of rocks from Precambrian basement rocks, Paleozoic sedimentary rocks, igneous rocks including granites and pegmatites, metamorphosed sedimentary and volcanic rock, and unconsolidated sediments.  Each of these environments host interesting mineral deposits of interest to mining and mineral collectors.  These resources have been exploited for aggregate and dimension stone for construction, industrial minerals such as ochre and kaolin for pigments and paper coatings, kyanite for ceramics, beryllium for steel making, and mica for the electronics industry.  Metallic mineral resources historically recovered include gold, iron, copper, and manganese.  Recently, minerals have been mined for their beauty as mineral specimens for the collector or for gemstones.

    1Focal Point Mineralogy, Hillsboro, OR, juliangrocks@gmail.com

     

    Julian Gray is the principal scientist at Focal Point Mineralogy (focalpointmineralogy.com). He is former curator of Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia and the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals, in Hillsboro, Oregon. Julian also served as Executive director of the Rice Museum. A Georgia native, Julian studied at Georgia State University where he earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in geology. He received additional training in micro-analytical techniques from the McCrone Research Institute in Chicago, Illinois. Julian has worked with the U.S. Geological Survey and several commercial laboratories and environmental consulting firms. Julian lives in Hillsboro, Oregon with his wife, Barb Epstien.



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  • 5.  RE: SME GA Virtual Zoom Meeting, Thurs. Feb. 17 @ 3:20 PM, Professional Seminar: Mining and Geology Topics in the Southeast during Covid

    Posted 02-17-2022 02:55 PM
    REMINDER!!!

    The Symposium is this afternoon, STARTING at 3:20 PM Eastern Standard Time.

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