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CoalCombustionHandbookReviewUpdateThereviewoftheCoalCombustionProductsHandbookrstpublishedin2007continuesin2013.SincetheproposalfortheupdateandproductionoftheCoalCombustionProductsHandbookSecondeditionauthorsandcontributorshavebeenworkingtirelesslyinthedesignandcompletionofdraftsforeachchapter.Toreiteratetheoriginalaimsoftheupdatethepurposeofthisprojectwastoupdateexistingandnewinformationwithresearchforapplicationinmarketdevelopmentsandthedistillationoftrends.ThisnewresearchalsocallsforlegislativechangeswhichareincorporativeofthechangingfaceofCCPapplication.WiththecompletionofsomedraftchaptersfutureprogressrequiresCompletionofallworkingdrafts.Revisionandconrmationofdatatomeetcurrentstandards.Finalsign-offoncontent.Proongandpublication.AfteraninitialslowperiodofworkoverChristmasauthorshaveonceagainbegunworkondraftchapters.TheupcomingADAATechnicalandEducationmeetingonthe27thMaywillseeanumberofdraftstabledformembercommentinadditiontothosealreadycirculatedandapproved.Weencourageourmemberstoreviewdocumentsandprovideanyvaluablecontributionsbyemailtocheidrichadaa.asn.au.WorkingdraftswillbeavailableinPDFformatintheProductSectionoftheADAA.UpdatesonnewchapterreleaseswillalsobeadvisedbyemailandtheAssociationsTwitterFeed.GladstoneLandReclamationProjectThehandoverofthecoalashreclamationareaknownasArea7totheGladstoneRegionalCouncilhasnowbeencompleted.Thissitecoversapproximately70hectaresandislocatedadjacenttotheCBDnearBlainDriveintheGladstoneregion.Asyetanotherbenecialre-useEnvironmentalandCommunitiesSuperintendentPaulVanderListsaidthesiteisideallylocatedforleisureactivitieswhichmayincluderecreationalfacilitiesshowgroundsaracecourseorlightindustrialzones.Paulalsocommentedonthereclamationasbeing...averygoodexampleofpowerstationashbeingusedtogenerateanincrediblyvaluableresourceandassetforthelocalcommunity.Theareawasinitiallyalow-lyingtidalzoneandwiththebulkoflandreclaimedusingwetslurryplacementoftheGladstonePowerStationGPScoalcombustionproductscoalash.Theprocessbeganintheearly1980sandwascompletedin2007.Thenalstagesofreclamationuseddryplacementmethodsandthesitewascappedwith100mmofclayandgrassed.Inadditiontheperimetershavebeensuccessfullyandextensivelyvegetatedwithnativetreesandshrubstoensureselfpropagationlowupkeepanderosionminimisation.Thisappearanceandnaturaloutlookenhancestheaestheticsandappealofthelocationtothecommunitytoensureitspopularitywithrecreationalusers.GPSSuperintendentProductionCommercialClintonWindsorsaidhewasnotawareofanysimilarexampleofthistypeoflargescalereclamationprojectandhandoveroccurringanywherewithinAustralia.DuringMarchanofcialhandovercelebrationaswellasaroadnamingceremonywasheldtohonourformerAshManagementSpecialistJohnKunze.06ADAAAPRIL13