Download or read book Guiding Principles for Inventorying Inactive and Abandoned Hardrock Mining Sites written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guiding Principles for Inventorying Inactive and Abandoned Hardrock Mining Sites written by Western Governors' Association and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Good Samaritan Abandoned Or Inactive Mine Waste Remediation Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Federal Land Management written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on abandoned hard rock mines on federal lands, focusing on the: (1) approximate number of such mines; (2) types of hazards the mines pose; and (3) approximate cost to reclaim the mines. GAO found that: (1) the four major federal land managing agencies are each taking inventory of the abandoned mines on the lands they manage, but because the agencies do not use consistent methodologies to develop their estimates, there is no definitive inventory available; (2) the Forest Service has estimated of the number of abandoned mines on federal lands to be up to 25,000 sites; (3) nonfederal entities are also working to standardize terminology and guidelines to aid in future inventories; (4) abandoned hard rock mines can pose physical safety hazards, cause environmental degradation, and contaminate water; (5) the agencies use different factors to classify their sites for risk, and only two of the four agencies rank the severity of hazards; (6) nonfederal organizations have determined that 194,500 sites were generally safe, while 231,900 needed landscaping, 116,300 presented minor safety hazards, 14,900 could cause water contamination, and 50 threatened public safety and required complex cleanup; (7) the agencies have not completed the fieldwork needed to identify the number and types of problems on their sites; and (8) the Bureau of Mines believes that worst-case scenario costs could range between $4 billion and $35.3 billion and nonfederal organizations estimate that costs could exceed $70 billion, but no comprehensive cost estimate for reclaiming abandoned hard rock mines on federal lands exists.
Download or read book Abandoned Mine Lands written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purposes of this report are 1) to shed light on abandoned mining sites and their impacts on public lands; 2) to highlight the accomplishments of the BLM, the Forest Service, and project partners in addressing abandoned mine lands (AML) problems; and 3) to describe the outlook for future AML reclamation efforts. Examples throughout the report offer insight into the environmental, health, safety, and economic effects often associated with these sites and illustrate the lasting and acid mine drainage leaching from the positive impacts of reclamation activities on formerly mined lands.
Download or read book Abandoned Mine Site Characterization and Cleanup Handbook written by Nick Cato and published by . This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook has been developed by the EPA as a resource for project managers working on addressing the environmental concerns posed by inactive mines and mineral processing sites. This is not policy or guidance, but a compendium of info. gained during many years of experience on mine site cleanup projects. Chapters: Overview of Mining and Mineral Processing Operations; Environmental Impacts from Mining; Setting Goals and Measuring Success; Community Involve. at Mining Waste Sites; Scoping Studies of Mining and Mineral Processing Impact Areas; Sampling and Analysis of Impacted Areas; Scoping and Conducting Ecological and Human Health Risk Assessments at Superfund Mind Waste Sites; Site Mgmt. Strategies; and Remediation and Cleanup Options.
Download or read book Abandoned Hardrock Mine Priority Sites written by Pioneer Technical Services, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hardrock Mining Information on State Royalties and the Number of Abandoned Mine Sites and Hazards written by Robin M. Nazzaro and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The General Mining Act of 1872 helped open the West by allowing individuals to obtain exclusive rights to mine billions of dollars worth of gold, silver, and other hardrock (locatable) minerals from fed. lands without having to pay a fed. royalty. For years, some mining operators abandoned land used in their mining operations, creating environmental and physical safety hazards. To curb further growth in the number of abandoned hardrock mines on fed. lands, in 1981, the Dept. of the Interior¿s Bureau of Land Mgmt. (BLM) began requiring mining operators to reclaim BLM land disturbed by these operations. This testimony focuses on the: (1) royalties states charge; and (2) number of abandoned hardrock mine sites and hazards. Illustrations.
Download or read book Reclaiming Inactive and Abandoned Hardrock Mine Lands in the West written by Debra W. Struhsacker and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Abandoned Mines Technical Advisory Committee s Report on Abandoned Mines written by California. Technical Advisory Committee for Abandoned Mines and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hardrock Mining Information on Types of State Royalties Number of Abandoned Mines and Financial Assurances on BLM Land written by Robin M. Nazzaro and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gen. Mining Act of 1872 helped open the West by allowing individuals to obtain exclusive rights to mine gold, silver, and other hardrock minerals from fed. lands without having to pay a fed. royalty. However, western states charge royalties. For years, some mining operators did not reclaim land used in their mining operations, creating environ. and physical safety hazards. In 2001 the fed. gov¿t. began requiring operators to provide financial assurances to cover reclamation costs before they began exploration or mining operations. This testimony focuses on the: (1) royalties states charge; (2) number of abandoned hardrock mine sites and hazards; and (3) value and coverage of financial assurances operators use to guarantee reclamation costs. Illus.
Download or read book Hardrock Mining written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hardrock Mining: Information on State Royalties and the Number of Abandoned Mine Sites and Hazards
Download or read book Abandoned Mines written by Anu K. Mittal and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Surface Mining written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hardrock Mining written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hardrock Mining written by Robin M. Nazzaro and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mining Act of 1872 helped foster the development of the West by giving individuals exclusive rights to mine gold, silver, copper, and other hardrock minerals on federal lands. However, miners often abandoned mines, leaving behind structures, safety hazards, and contaminated land and water. Four federal agencies--the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), the Forest Service, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)--fund the cleanup of some of these sites. To curb further growth in the number of abandoned hardrock mines on federal lands, in 1981 BLM began requiring mining operators to reclaim lands when their operations ceased. In 2001, BLM began requiring all operators to provide financial assurances to guarantee funding for reclamation costs if the operator did not complete the task as required. This testimony provides information on the (1) federal funds spent to clean up abandoned hardrock mine sites since 1998, (2) number of abandoned hardrock mine sites and hazards, and (3) value and coverage of financial assurances operators use to guarantee reclamation costs on BLM land. To address these issues, GAO, among other steps, asked 12 western states and Alaska to provide information on the number of abandoned mine sites and associated features in their states using a consistent definition.
Download or read book Inactive and Abandoned Noncoal Mine Inventory and Reclamation written by Colorado Center of Environmental Management and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
