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Coal combustion products (CCP) are in the news these days. Ever since the TVA Kingston ash pond failure of December 2008, television and newspapers have focused on the disposal of coal combustion products that result from firing power plants with coal. In that incident, an estimated 5.4 million cubic yards of slurry coal ash was reported to have flowed across some 300 acres, including into the adjacent Emory and Clinch Rivers in eastern Tennessee. The US Environmental Protection Agency has been reviewing the regulatory requirements for disposal of coal combustion products.

It is anticipated that whatever the precise details of the new regulations there will be a drive toward retrofitting existing wet coal ash impoundments with improved seepage collection and control systems and groundwater monitoring programs, or requiring leaching studies to be conducted on all materials before they can be used or stored.

This conference will focus on the proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules on CCP disposal with regard to technical design and management standards, the industry perspective on those rules, pressing technical and legal issues apart from exploring the beneficial use of CCP, for example, fly ash and flue-gas desulfurization(FGD) gypsum in agriculture and the new competitive landscape.

Who Should Attend

CCP managers and producers; utilities; government interests; military; CCP marketers; coal supply chain including manufactures of removal, cleaning, drying, scrubbing and transportation of coal ash; academics; construction; engineering and architectural interests; retailers; law firms and consultants.

Learning Outcomes

• Describe proposed rules anticipated to be announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate coal ash
  
• Assess the proposed technical designs and management standards under the anticipated EPA rules and its ramifications;
  
• Compare and distinguish between dry and wet ponds, including retrofit, closure and conversion to wet ponds
  
• Discuss recent changes in state and federal rules regarding mine placement
  
• Analyze and identify chemistry and beneficiation of materials
  
• Explain the benefits, utilization and new markets for coal combustion products

Requirements for Successful Completion of Program

Participants must sign in/out each day and be in attendance for the entirety of the conference to be eligible for continuing education credit.

Instructional Methods

Case Studies and PowerPoint Presentations will be used during the conference.

Continuing Education Credits:

EUCI is authorized by IACET to offer up to 1.0 CEUs for this program.