Download or read book Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-11-03 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, the result of a congressionally mandated study, examines the adequacy of the regulatory framework for mining of hardrock mineralsâ€"such as gold, silver, copper, and uraniumâ€"on over 350 million acres of federal lands in the western United States. These lands are managed by two agenciesâ€"the Bureau of Land Management in the Department of the Interior, and the Forest Service in the Department of Agriculture. The committee concludes that the complex network of state and federal laws that regulate hardrock mining on federal lands is generally effective in providing environmental protection, but improvements are needed in the way the laws are implemented and some regulatory gaps need to be addressed. The book makes specific recommendations for improvement, including: The development of an enhanced information management system and a more efficient process to review new mining proposals and issue permits. Changes to regulations that would require all mining operations, other than "casual use" activities that negligibly disturb the environment, to provide financial assurances for eventual site cleanup. Changes to regulations that would require all mining and milling operations (other than casual use) to submit operating plans in advance.

Download or read book Improving Self Escape from Underground Coal Mines written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coal mine disasters in the United States are relatively rare events; many of the roughly 50,000 miners underground will never have to evacuate a mine in an emergency during their careers. However, for those that do, the consequences have the potential to be devastating. U.S. mine safety practices have received increased attention in recent years because of the highly publicized coal mine disasters in 2006 and 2010. Investigations have centered on understanding both how to prevent or mitigate emergencies and what capabilities are needed by miners to self-escape to a place of safety successfully. This report focuses on the latter - the preparations for self-escape. In the wake of 2006 disasters, the U.S. Congress passed the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006 (MINER Act), which was designed to strengthen existing mine safety regulations and set forth new measures aimed at improving accident preparedness and emergency response in underground coal mines. Since that time, the efforts of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) have contributed to safety improvements in the mining industry. However, the Upper Big Branch mine explosion in 2010 served as a reminder to remain ever vigilant on improving the prevention of mine disasters and preparations to help miners survive in the event of emergencies. This study was set in the context of human-systems integration (HSI), a systems approach that examines the interaction of people, tasks, and equipment and technology in the pursuit of a goal. It recognizes this interaction occurs within, and is influenced by, the broader environmental context. A key premise of human-systems integration is that much important information is lost when the various tasks within a system are considered individually or in isolation rather than in interaction with the whole system. Improving Self-Escape from Underground Coal Mines, the task of self-escape is part of the mine safety system.

Download or read book Annual Mine Report written by Industrial Commission of Ohio. Dept. of Inspection. Division of Mines and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mine Report written by Industrial Commission of Ohio. Division of Mines and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Toward Safer Underground Coal Mines written by and published by National Academies. This book was released on 1982 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report on occupational safety in coal mining in the USA - considers trends in occupational accidents and occupational injurys by age of coal miners, size of enterprise, seam thickness, trade unionization, location of industry, etc.; comments on labour legislation; discusses safety training, the role of labour inspection, and the importance of management attitudes; includes case studies. Diagrams, graphs, references and statistical tables.

Download or read book Report of the Bureau of Mines Mining and Mine Inspection written by Missouri. Bureau of Mines and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Report of the Department of Mines written by West Virginia. Department of Mines and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Biennial Report of the State Mine Inspector written by Utah. State Coal Mine Inspector and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report written by Colorado. State Inspector of Coal Mines and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the Bureau of Mines written by Ontario. Bureau of Mines and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Six O Clock Mine Report written by Irene McKinney and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The speaker in Irene McKinney's poems is most often alone, sitting at the side of a stream, or standing at her own chosen gravesite in the Appalachian mountains, and the meditations spoken out of this essential solitude are powerfully clear, witty, and wide-ranging in content and tone. The center sequence of poems in the Emily Dickinson persona explores and magnifies that great and enigmatic figure. The poems are firmly grounded in concern for the ways in which the elemental powers are at work in the earth and in us: on the surface of our lives, and deeper in the underworld of the coalmines. In McKinney's poems, the human world is never seen as separate from the natural one.

Download or read book Annual Report of Coal Mine and Metal Mine Inspection and Mine Rescue Departments written by Kansas. Coal Mine and Metal Mine Inspection Dept and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Report on Mines written by Nova Scotia. Department of Mines and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report Govt of India Dept of Mines written by India. Department of Mines and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Informational Report Mine Safety and Health Administration written by United States. Mine Safety and Health Administration and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Report of Coal Mine and Metal Mine Inspection and Mine Rescue Departments written by Kansas State Labor Department. Mine Inspection Division and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reports of Mine Inspectors written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning 1959 includes annual report of the Oil and gas section (formerly issued separately).