On-line Discussion Groups
An exciting capability of the Internet is the advent of Mailservers
to facilitate on-line discussions via electronic mail.
Recently, two such mailservers have started, which are of potential
interest to USGS MDIG members.
1) The "ENVIROMINE" technical and issues mailservers, maintained by Robertson Info-Data, Inc.,
to facilitate discussions on environmental aspects of mining, and
2) the "Cleanstream" listserver, maintained by the Office of Surface Mining,
to provide a forum for communicating activities relate to the
Appalachian Clean Streams Intitiative.
Following are announcements provided by the sponsors of these two mailservers
The ENVIROMINE announcement also contains some information on the
World Wide Web home page (see Other Links of Interest). Thanks to Elliott
Spiker for providing the information on Cleanstream, which also has
a related WWW home page (see Other Links of Interest).
Please Note: The Enviromine discussion group has been split into two groups:
ENVIROMINE_TECHNICAL and ENVIROMINE_ISSUES
For the latest instructions on subscribing to the ENVIROMINE discussion groups, see:
http://www.enviromine.com/
ENVIROMINE_TECHNICAL MAILING LIST
(Mine/Environmental Discussion Group)
June 16, 1998 Update
Robertson GeoConsultants Inc offers a MAILING LIST Discussion Group on
mining-related environmental technology and management. Certain members of
the Western Governor's Association Mine Waste Task Force and several
consulting firms, mining industry, and federal government representatives
have agreed to assist as mentors in providing technical input and to help
solicit participation from a wider Internet audience. Discussions are
encouraged in the following areas:
- Reclamation
- Pollution prevention
- Operating/engineering design
- Waste management practices and requirements
- Case histories (active operations and abandoned mines)
- Acid rock drainage (prediction, control, and mitigation)
- Environmental monitoring
Anyone interested in the technical aspects of environmental effects and
controls at mining operations will find this Internet service particularly
valuable. The ENVIROMINE_TECHNICAL discussion group represents an
opportunity to keep abreast of the latest breaking developments in the area
of environmental technology and management at mine sites. If you are an
industry representative, regulator, policy maker, technology developer,
technology user, consultant, or a member of an environmental group,
academia, or the general public interested in mining, you will want to
participate in the ENVIROMINE_TECHNICAL discussion group.
To subscribe to the ENVIROMINE_TECHNICAL MAILING LIST, please send an e-mail
to:
with the following message in the text:
subscribe enviromine_technical your name
Once subscribed you will automatically receive all messages posted on the
ENVIROMINE_TECHNICAL MAILING LIST. If you wish to post a message, article,
or question to the enviromine_technical audience send an e-mail to:
enviromine_technical@info-mine.com
with your message in the main body of the e-mail.
To unsubscribe from the ENVIROMINE_TECHNICAL MAILING LIST, send an e-mail to
listproc@info-mine.com with the following message in the text: unsubscribe
enviromine_technical
The following people have agreed to serve as mentors to participate on a
regular basis and to catalyze interactive discussions: Charles N. Alpers,
Ph.D. (Research Chemist, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division,
Sacramento, CA), Charles H. Bucknam, MS Analytical Chemistry (Newmont
Metallurgical Services, Salt Lake City, UT), Tom Durkin, CPG (South Dakota
Minerals and Mining Program, Pierre, SD), Geoffrey S. Elliott (Principal
NEPA Strategist & Editor-In-Chief, AmbioCom Strategies, Inc., Grand Lake,
CO), Tom Farrell, CPS (Env.) (Principal Environmental Scientist,
Woodward-Clyde, Sydney, Australia), Rick Humphries, R.G. (California
Resource Control Board in Sacramento, CA), Robert Kleinmann, Ph.D (Research
Supervisor, U.S. Dept. of Energy - Pittsburgh Research Center), Rebecca A.
Miller (Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality, Helena, MT), Andy Robertson,
Ph.D., P.E. (Robertson GeoConsultants Inc. in Vancouver, B.C.), Andre
Sobolewski, Ph.D. (Microbial Technologies, Vancouver, BC), Leonard Walde,
MBA, P. E. (President, Sigma Energy Engineering, Inc., Orinda, CA), Peter
Wampler (Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Mined Land
Reclamation Program), and Peter Woods Ph.D. (Sr. Environmental Scientist:
ERA Ranger Mine, Jabiru NT, Australia).
Dr. Christoph Wels (Robertson GeoConsultants Inc.) is administrator of the
enviromine_technical mailing list. If you would like to serve as an
additional helper by providing initial discussion items, please send a
separate e-mail message to him at wels@info-mine.com
"ENVIROMINE_ISSUES" MAILING LIST
(Mine/Environmental Discussion Group)
Robertson GeoConsultants Inc. offers a MAILING LIST Discussion Group on
mining-related environmental issues which are non-technical (i.e.,
qualitative impacts, socio-economic, cultural, political or regulatory).
Certain members of the Western Governor's Association Mine Waste Task Force
and several consulting firms, mining industry, and federal government
representatives have agreed to assist as mentors in providing input and to
help solicit participation from a wider Internet audience. Discussions are
encouraged in the following areas:
- Laws, regulations and permit requirements.
- Identification and evaluation of environmental effects and issues.
- Permit and project review processes.
- Public involvement and relations.
- Cultural and land-use issues.
Anyone interested in the evaluation and regulation of environmental effects
of mining operations and public interaction will find this Internet service
particularly valuable. The ENVIROMINE_ISSUES discussion group represents an
opportunity to keep abreast of the latest breaking developments in the area
of environmental effects and issues at mine sites. If you are an industry
representative, regulator, policy maker, consultant, or a member of an
environmental group, academia, or the general public interested in mining,
you will want to participate in the ENVIROMINE_ISSUES discussion group.
To subscribe to the ENVIROMINE_ISSUES MAILING LIST, please send an e-mail
message to:
In the body of the message, type:
subscribe enviromine_issues your name
Once subscribed, you will receive automatically all messages posted to the
ENVIROMINE_ISSUES MAILING LIST. If you wish to post a message, article,
etc. yourself to the enviromine audience, send an e-mail to
enviromine_issues@info-mine.com with your message in the main body of the
e-mail. To unsubscribe from the ENVIROMINE_ISSUES MAILING LIST, send an
e-mail to listproc@info-mine.com with the following message in the text:
unsubscribe enviromine_issues
The group of mentors listed in the enviromine_technical mailing list have
agreed to participate on a regular basis and catalyze interactive
discussions. Glenn Robertson (Robertson GeoConsultants Inc.) is the
administrator for the enviromine_issues mailing list (glennr@info-mine.com)
OSM's Cleanstream Listserver
To subscribe to the cleanstream listserver, simply send email to
and put the following single line in the message:
(You can leave the Subject line blank.)
In response, you may get a short questionnaire.
To unsubscribe, send email with the following line:
Here is some information about the cleanstream listserver:
>>>> info cleanstream
[Last updated on: Tue Jan 31 10:08:08 EST 1995]
The "Cleanstream" list is a forum for communicating activities related
to the Appalachian Clean Streams Initiative (ACSI). OSM has staff
working on ACSI in the Washington and Pittsburgh regional offices; in
each Field Office in Appalachia; and in TIPS Denver office. These
staff will need to inform each other about contacts made with
congressional staff, citizens, community organizations, watershed
associations, state agencies, EPA, etc.
There will also be explanations of ACSI goals; discussions about
funding of acid mine drainage remediation projects; project
descriptions and status reports; explanations of AMD clean-up
technology; citizens' guides; project selection guidelines; ACSI
geographic information system (GIS) planning and design
information/instructions; file transfers; reports of field data
collection activities; discussion of ACSI policy and procedures;
notices of upcoming ACSI meetings and technology transfer events; media
and public relations opportunities; and general ACSI coordination
messages. Eventually the list server will be available to other state
and Federal agencies and anyone interested in ACSI.
The descriptors should be:
- funding of ACSI acid mine drainage remediation projects
- ACSI project descriptions and status reports
- explanations of AMD clean-up technology
- citizens' guides to ACSI
- ACSI project selection guidelines
- ACSI geographic information system (GIS) planning and design
information/instructions
- file transfers
- reports of ACSI field data collection activities
- discussion of ACSI policy and procedures
- notices of upcoming ACSI meetings and technology transfer events
- media and public relations opportunities
- ACSI coordination messages
The list administrator is Mary Ann Miovas of the ESC office. She can be
reached at mmiovas@osmre.gov or 412-937-2883.
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