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As further testament both to the reality of Coal liquefaction technology, and to the understanding of it that exists within certain circles of our own US Government, we see herein that scientists at our USDOE's Oak Ridge, Tennessee, National Laboratory devised a process for better treating and refining raw hydrocarbon liquids once they are made from Coal.
When you examine the Disclosure, you will be led to think of it as a simple thing.
But, it leads to some complicated questions; one of which we ask, following excerpts from:
"United States Patent 4,132,639 - Improving Sedimentation and Filterability of Coal-derived Liquids
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There isn't much conceptually new to be found in this dispatch.
It just reveals further, authoritative confirmation of the fact, that, if we are so darned worried about Carbon Dioxide, then, we can just collect it and convert it into the versatile and nearly-precious Methanol.
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United States Patent Application: 0070274891
In the course of our many reports concerning the indirect conversion of Coal into more versatile hydrocarbons, we have once or twice made note of the fact that either plain Air or purified Oxygen, with or without the addition of Steam, can be utilized in the gasification, the partial oxidation, of Coal; which leads to the generation of a synthesis gas that, through various and long-known catalytic processes, can be condensed into hydrocarbon liquids.
Using Air for that initial gasification is more economical than using Oxygen - with the expensive, and costly to operate, equipment that separating and compressing Oxygen from the atmosphere requires.
However, due especially to Air's high Nitrogen content, it's use in Coal gasification leads to co-production of some, perhaps troublesome, compounds based on Nitrogen, including, for instance, Ammonia, "NH4".
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38TH ANNUAL WEST VIRGINIA MINING SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM
FEBRUARY 2 – 4, 2011
PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN START-UP TIME FOR WORKSHOPS
Registration Form below
WEDNESDAY – FEBRUARY 2, 2011
8 a.m. Registration
HEALTH & SAFETY WORKSHOP AGENDA
9 a.m. WV Mine Safety Update
C. A. Phillips, Director
Joe Watts, Administrator
WV Office of Miners’ Health, Safety & Training
10 a.m. MSHA Mine Safety & Enforcement Trends
Bob E. Cornett, MSHA District 3 Manager
Robert Hardman, MSHA District 4 Manager
10:45 a.m. Evaluation of Dust Concentrations Using Deep-Cutting Practices
Drew Potts & Jay Coilnet
NIOSH
11 a.m. MSHA 2011 “Rules to Live By”
Joe Main, Assistant Secretary
Mine Safety & Health Administration
12 noon Lunch sponsored by Jackson Kelly
1:00 p.m. Proximity Detection Devices
Jim Dean, WV Mine Safety Task Force
1:30 p.m. Safety Performance Index
Dr. Larry Grayson, Penn State University
2:00 p.m. Chilean Mine Rescue Drilling Fund
Bill Maloney, Drill Leader, LLC
2:30 – 5:00 p.m. Coal Safety Legal Forum
Litigated POV Case; MSHA’s Injunctive Relief
Mark Heath & Alex Macia – Spilman, Thomas & Battle
Accident Investigations
Dave Hardy – Allen Guthrie McHugh & Thomas
Emerging Criminal Sanctions in MSHA’s Investigations
Bill Wilmoth – Steptoe & Johnson
Deliberate Intent for Exposure to Coal Dust
Pamela Tarr – Jackson Kelly
MSHA’s “Simplified Proceedings’
Jonathan R. Ellis – Steptoe & Johnson
Federal Safety & Health Review Commission Update
Bob Beatty – Dinsmore & Shohl
5:00 p.m. Welcoming Reception
Sponsored by Steptoe & Johnson
ENVIRONMENTAL WORKSHOP
9:00 a.m. Narrative Water Quality Standards Training
Jason Bostic, WVCA
10:15 a.m. Update on Mining Related Water Quality Research
Dr. Paul Ziemkiewicz, WV Water Research Institute
11:00 a.m. Update & Comparison of Water Quality Standards
Allyn Turner, Spilman,Thomas & Battle
12 noon Lunch sponsored by Jackson Kelly
1:30 p.m. OSM Oversight Activities Update
Roger Calhoun, Office of Surface Mining
2:00 p.m. Corps Programmatic & Permitting Review
Ginger Mullins & Mark Taylor, Huntington District – Corps of Engineers
2:30 p.m. Certified Coal Concept
David Ledford, Appalachian Wildlife Foundation
3:10 p.m. Rulemaking v. Policy Making: Where Do We Draw The Line?
Christopher B. Power, Dinsmore & Shohl
3:30 p.m. WV DEP Office of Explosives & Blasting Update
David VandeLinde, WV DEP—Office of Explosives & Blasting
4:00 p.m. Legislative Outlook 2011
Donnie Adkins, Senate Minority Counsel
5:00 p.m. Welcoming Reception
sponsored by Steptoe & Johnson
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2011
7:00 a.m. Registration
7:30 a.m. Dinsmore & Shohl and Walker Machinery Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome & Introductions
Gary G. White, WVCA Chairman
8:45 a.m. State of the State
Governor Earl Ray Tomblin
9:30 a.m. Congressional Activity Relating to Coal
Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito
10:15 a.m. Break sponsored by Wells Fargo Insurance Services
10:30 a.m. Coal Is The Cornerstone of Our Energy Future
Bart J. Hyita, CONSOL Energy
11:15 a.m. State of Coal-Fired Power Generation
James L. Laurita, MEPCO
12 noon Mountaineer Guardian Luncheon sponsored by
Bowles, Rice, McDavid, Graff & Love and
Marshall Miller & Associates
Awards Presentation by C. A. Phillips, Director
WV Office of Miners’ Health, Safety & Training
2 p.m. Congress Thorough New Eyes
Congressman David L. McKinley
2:45 p.m. Extended Face Mining
Gary Hartsog, Alpha Engineering
3:15 p.m. Break sponsored by Wells Fargo Insurance Services
3:30 p.m. WV Energy & Renewal Portfolio Act
Jeff Herholdt, WV Division of Energy
4:00 p.m. Mountaintop Development & Sustainability
Jeff Woods, WV Office of Coalfield Development
5:30 p.m. Legislative Reception
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2011
7:00 a.m. Registration
7:30 a.m. Enterprise Fleet Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome/Introductions
8:45 a.m. State of the Environmental 2011
Randy Huffman, WV DEP
9:15 a.m. WV v. EPA and Lisa Jackson
Ben Bailey, Bailey & Glasser
10:00 a.m. The 112th Congress: Looking Ahead
Congressman Nick Joe Rahall
10:30 a.m. Environmental Litigation Update
Bob McLusky, Jackson Kelly
11:00 a.m. WV’s Mining & Reclamation Program
Tom Clarke, Division of Mining & Reclamation
11:30 A.M. Reclamation Awards Luncheon
Sponsored by Spilman, Thomas & Battle and Potesta & Associates
SPEAKER: Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV
Awards Presentation: Randy Huffman, WVDEP
38TH ANNUAL WV MINING SYMPOSIUM ADJOURNED- Details
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court has ruled that waste rock pits that collect water from mining are not a point source under the Clean Water Act. In its ruling in the Greater Yellowstone Coalition et al v. Lewis et al. the court said federal agencies were correct in not requiring a permit for a planned expansion of a phosphate mine in southeast Idaho.
The court ruled that “pits that collect the waste rock do not constitute point sources within the meaning of the Act.” The mine pits include a storm water cover system that diverts water from the pits and requires a Sec. 401 permit, said the court, hence the Bureau of Land Management acted properly in not requiring a secondary permit for the refuse pits.
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