Action Plan for Management of the Avoca Mining Site - Geological ...
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<strong>Action</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Avoca</strong> <strong>Mining</strong> <strong>Site</strong><br />
Conducted <strong>for</strong>:<br />
The Department <strong>of</strong> Communications,<br />
Energy and Natural Resources<br />
July 26, 2007
Overall Objective<br />
Prepare a realistic, cost-effective, and achievable integrated<br />
management plan <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Avoca</strong> Mine <strong>Site</strong> that addresses human<br />
and ecological concerns.<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r objectives<br />
Address safety and physical hazards<br />
Address concerns <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> community<br />
Address areas <strong>of</strong> historical importance
Overview <strong>of</strong> CDM<br />
Founded in 1947<br />
4,000 Employees in over 80 US <strong>of</strong>fices & 400<br />
employees in over 30 international <strong>of</strong>fices –<br />
Fourth largest engineering consulting<br />
company in USA<br />
<strong>Mining</strong> Related Services<br />
Investigations <strong>of</strong> waters, solid wastes and sediments<br />
Evaluation and remediation <strong>of</strong> Acid Mine Drainage<br />
Reclamation <strong>of</strong> tailings and spoils<br />
Risk Assessments (Human Health and Ecological)<br />
Closure plans <strong>for</strong> mines and processing facilities
Project Director<br />
Alan Hooper<br />
Project Manager<br />
Roger Olsen<br />
Assistant Project Manager<br />
Ruairi O'Carroll<br />
Task Leader<br />
John Gormley<br />
Safety Audit and Hazard Assessment<br />
Alan Cobb, John Gormley<br />
Risk Assessments<br />
James LaVelle, Tony Gendusa<br />
Industrial Archaeology<br />
Jim Roche<br />
Field Investigations, Monitoring<br />
Kent Whiting<br />
<strong>Action</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>, Alternative Evaluation<br />
John Gormley, Bob Kimball, Ruairi O’Carroll<br />
Spoil Pile Reclamation<br />
Gunnar Emilsson<br />
Groundwater<br />
Henning Moe<br />
Community Relations<br />
Sean O’Riordan
Project Phases and Major Components<br />
Community Input<br />
Community<br />
PHASE I<br />
Meeting<br />
PHASE 2<br />
Community<br />
Meeting<br />
Review Existing<br />
In<strong>for</strong>mation /<br />
<strong>Site</strong> Visits<br />
Preliminary<br />
Evaluations<br />
Investigation <strong>Plan</strong> Investigations Draft <strong>Action</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>
<strong>Site</strong> Investigations<br />
Surface Water<br />
Spoils<br />
Soils<br />
Sediments<br />
Groundwater<br />
Geotechnical and Safety<br />
Aerial Survey
Road Adit<br />
Deep Adit
Potential Options<br />
Run-on and run-<strong>of</strong>f<br />
control at Shelton Abbey<br />
Tailings<br />
Run-on and run-<strong>of</strong>f<br />
control at pit and waste<br />
areas
Potential Options<br />
Revegetation and/or capping <strong>of</strong> tips and waste piles
CDM Experience:<br />
Waste Pile Reclamation<br />
Run on Control
Pre-Remediation<br />
Pre-remediation remediation Spoils Pile<br />
Post-Remediation
Regional Bus and Rail Center<br />
Building and Office Complex
Potential Options<br />
Passive treatment at selected<br />
individual discharges<br />
East <strong>Avoca</strong> Pit<br />
Cronebane Pit
CDM<br />
Experience:<br />
Passive<br />
Treatment
Potential Options<br />
Active treatment using lime neutralization<br />
and high density sludge at Deep Adit and<br />
Road Adit
CDM Experience:<br />
Active Treatment
Treatment Facilities
Education
Meandering Streams
Summary<br />
Field Investigations<br />
Evaluate integrated site management<br />
alternatives<br />
<strong>Action</strong> <strong>Plan</strong><br />
Meet with <strong>the</strong> Community
We would like your input in small<br />
groups concerning:<br />
1. What do you like about <strong>Avoca</strong> Mine <strong>Site</strong> and what<br />
are <strong>the</strong> main uses?<br />
2. What is your vision <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> area in 20 years time<br />
taking into account <strong>the</strong> environment, <strong>the</strong> local<br />
economy and <strong>the</strong> social impact?<br />
3. What needs to change to enable that vision?
Contact In<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
E-mail<br />
<strong>Avoca</strong>@gsi.ie<br />
Phone number 087 1385334<br />
Postal Address<br />
Website<br />
Eibhlín Doyle<br />
<strong>Avoca</strong> <strong>Action</strong> <strong>Plan</strong><br />
<strong>Geological</strong> Survey <strong>of</strong> Ireland<br />
Beggars Bush<br />
Haddington Road<br />
Dublin 4<br />
www.gsi.ie.
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