Acknowledgments

The members of the Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC) Reuse of Solid Mining Waste Team wish to acknowledge the individuals, organizations, and agencies that contributed to this technical and regulatory guidance. 

As part of the broader ITRC effort, the Reuse of Solid Mining Waste effort is funded primarily by the U.S. Department of Energy. Additional funding and support have been provided by the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 

The team leaders, David Cates (Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality) and Mark Rudolph (Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment), along with the program advisor, Cherri Baysinger (Cymbella Consulting LLC), wish to recognize the efforts of several team members. 

The team would like to thank the following individuals who took on leadership roles within the team and their employers for allowing them time to work on this project: 

Nick Anton, CDM Smith 

Samantha Fuchs, Geosyntec Consultants 

Dusty Hawkins, Alabama Department of Environmental Management 

Jessica Hubbling, New Mexico Environment Department 

Matt McCaughey, Arcadis 

Christopher Sinton, Integral Corporation Inc. 

The team would like to thank the following individuals for sharing their knowledge and talents with the team and for making significant contributions to the guidance, as well as their employers for allowing them time to work on this project: 

Stephanie Aurelius, Geosyntec Consultants 

Robin Bullock, Montana Technological University 

Dana Hummell, Quapaw Nation 

Sara MacDonald, South Carolina Department of Environmental Services 

Wayne Miller, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality 

Irene Montero, BP 

Nichole Osuch, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality 

Jessica Rayfield, Alabama Department of Environmental Management 

John Zinza, Washington State Department of Ecology 

The team would like to acknowledge the following state employees and team members, as well as their agencies, who provided knowledge, input, time, and writing skills to prepare this document: 

Jeff Huggins, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, California State Water Resources Control Board 

Valerie Hanley, California Department of Toxic Substances Control 

Dana Swift, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality 

Jesse Cutter, Kansas Department of Health and Environment 

Nick Johnson, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality 

Brian Stanila, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality 

Lincoln Grevengoed, Utah Department of Environmental Quality 

Additionally, we would like to thank our team members from the states of California, Colorado, Kansas, Florida, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia. 

The team would like to acknowledge the following team members from the federal government, and their agencies, who shared their knowledge, time, and writing skills to prepare this document: 

Douglas Bacon, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Luci Dunnington, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Gary Newhart, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Paul Randall, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Tanya Gallegos, U.S. Geological Survey 

Additionally, we would like to thank our team members from the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Geological Survey, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

The team would like to acknowledge the following team members from ITRC’s Industry Affiliates Program who shared their knowledge, time, and writing skills to prepare this document, as well as their employers for allowing them time to work on this project: 

Jana Heisler-White, Battelle Memorial Institute 

Deepti Krishnan Nair, Battelle Memorial Institute 

Riz Sarmiento, Langan Engineering and Environmental Services 

Christian Romero, Noster Tec SEL 

Bruce Kennington, Ramboll 

Stephanie Vivanco, ToxStrategies, Inc. 

William Rish, ToxStrategies, Inc. 

Trevor King, Woodard & Curran 

Caleb Lucy, Woodard & Curran 

Additionally, we would like to thank our team members from Albemarle; Arcadis; Battelle Memorial Institute; BBJ Group; BP; Brown and Caldwell; Burns and McDonnell; CDM Smith; Clean Harbors; ERM; Geosyntec Consultants; GSI Environmental; Jacobs; Kleinfelder; LITOCLEAN, S.L.; Parsons Corporation; Ramboll; ToxStrategies, Inc; TRC; Verdantas LLC; and WSP Golder. 

The team would also like to recognize the following stakeholders who contributed to the creation of this document: 

Bowen Li, Michigan Technological University 

Carol Stein, retired from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Additionally, we would like to thank our team members from Benedict College; Colorado State University; Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati; Michigan Technological University; Ondokuz Mayis Üniversitesi; Onondaga Community College; University of Aberdeen; and Star Valley Consulting.