Tri-State Mining District Forum, Joplin, MO.

The Tri-State Mining District Forum Goals were: to Promote Awareness, to Increase Coordination - Optomize Activities, and to Share Technical Information. The Agenda included:the History of Tri-State Mining District; discussion of Natural Resource Damage Assessment & Restoration (NRDAR); discussion of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU); a review of the 10 Oklahoma Tribes; and
Technical Presentations:

(Aquatics)
1. Conceptual Hydrologic Model, Data Collection, Current USGS Modeling Activities, and Proposed Modeling in Tri-State Area
2. Florstic Quality Index
3. Residual Effects of Lead and Zinc Mining on Freshwater Mussels (Mollusca: Unionidae) in the Spring River Basin
4. Bioavailability of Metals From Mining and Effects on Aquatic Organisims
5. Assessment of Trace Elements in Sediment in the Spring River/Empire Lake and Tar Creek Systems, Southeast Cherokee County, KS.
6. Development and Application of Empirically-Derived Sediment Quality Guidelines
7. Framework for the Ecological Assessment of Impacted Sediments at Mining Sites in Region 7

(National Resource Damage Assessment & Restoration)
8. Zinc Ecotoxicological Endpoints in Metal Contaminated Soils
9. Kansas Spring River Metal TMDLs(Total Maximum Daily Loads)
10. Zinc and lead Poisioning in Wild Birds in the Tri-State Mining District
11. Thoughts on Groundwater Valuation: Economic Methods and Issues

(Remedial Technologies)
12. Phosphate-Based Lead Stabilization at the Jasper County Site, Missouri
13. Subaqueous Disposal
14. Demonstration of Subaqueous Disposal of Mill Wastes, Jasper County, MO.
15. Passive Treatment Mine Sweeps