May 7, 2014, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, EDT (17:00-19:00 GMT)

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The next webinar in our CLU-IN mining webinar series will address topics in soil remediation and restoration. Presenters will discuss their research on the use of soil amendments, the impact of soil restoration at mine sites on ecosystem function and services, and deliberate decision-making in site restoration that benefits the whole ecosystem.

Dr. Sally Brown will discuss how using residuals led to the development of new soil at a Jasper County, MO Superfund site. Her research team amended mine tailings at the site in the late 1990s and completed sampling in 2012. Dr. Brown will discuss the successful use of residuals at the site, as well as the ecological and economic values of using residuals even when replacement topsoil is readily available. The significance of considering the final fate of the site using a life cycle assessment will also be discussed.

Andrew Trlica will present his research that measured soil carbon storage in former surface mines under long-term reclamation. He compared areas reclaimed with biosolids-based soil amendments with areas reclaimed using conventional approaches. This study went on to use a life cycle assessment approach to examine the relative greenhouse gas balance and other ecosystem effects of different land reclamation strategies (for example, restoring a site to a low density residential use in comparison with restoring to a forest).

• Dr. Sally Brown, University of Washington (slb@u.washington.edu)
• Andrew Trlica, Southern Illinois University (andrewtrlica@gmail.com)

• Michele Mahoney, U.S. EPA Technology Innovation and Field Services Division (mahoney.michele@epa.gov)
• Jean Balent, U.S. EPA Technology Innovation and Field Services Division (balent.jean@epa.gov)

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