Download or read book Remediation of Abandoned Surface Coal Mining Sites written by Alena Mudroch and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Kennedy University of Toronto, Department of Civil Engineering, 35 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S IA4 Coal is a valuable resource. It provides a significant amount of the World's energy supply and it is the basis for many industries. However, in areas where coal lies close to the Earth's surface and has been exploited by open cast tech niques, radical alterations of landscape and significant impacts on the envi ronment have occurred. This report was prepared to provide guidance to those who are responsible for the prevention of environmental effects from surface mining and for the restoration of the mining areas. Environmental problems of surface coal mining and restoration of the mine sites are discussed in the re port. Particular attention is given to Eastern Europe, which continues to be a major centre of opencast lignite mining. Reclamation of mined lands for for estry, agriculture and wildlife is briefly discussed. However, the shear volume of coal removed from many mines in Eastern Europe is so vast, that there is often insufficient overburden material to refill the pits. Consequently, the main focus of this report is on the creation of lakes in these former surface mines. Many problems have to be overcome in creating healthy lakes for recreation or wildlife. Guidelines for treating water quality problems and further devel opment of lakes are provided. Techniques for dealing with acidic, waters, eutrophication and contamination are discussed.
Download or read book Remediation of Abandoned Surface Coal Mining Sites written by Ullrich Stottmeister and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Remediation of abandoned surface coal mining sites written by Ulrich Stottmeister and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Council written by Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Council (Ill.) and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Surface Coal Mining Reclamation written by United States. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Surface Coal Mining Reclamation written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Surface Coal Mining Reclamation written by DIANE Publishing Company and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1995-07 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A report on the protection and restoration of the Nation's land and water resources under Titles IV and V of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. Covers program implementation, mining and reclamation today, and improved environmental protection. Includes information on topsoil, roads, blasting and explosives, excess spoil disposal, post-mining land use, remining, acid and toxic drainage prevention and treatment, erosion and sedimentation control, highwall elimination and return to approximate original contour. 100 color photos.
Download or read book Surface Coal Mining Reclamation written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rural Abandoned Mine Program RAMP written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Implementation of Program Policies for Federal State and Indian Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Under Title IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 written by United States. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. Abandoned Mine Lands Staff and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biennial Report written by Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Council (Ill.) and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rural Abandoned Mine Program written by United States. Soil Conservation Service and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Surface Mining written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation Enforcement's (OSMRE) procedures for updating the national inventory of abandoned coal mine land problem areas, focusing on the: (1) role and composition of the inventory update committee; (2) criteria OSMRE used to determine a problem area's priority for inclusion in the national inventory; and (3) procedures OSMRE used to screen problem areas to ensure that it would place only those areas that affected public health, safety, and general welfare in the inventory. GAO found that: (1) OSMRE established the committee to review state-nominated problem areas for inclusion in the national inventory; (2) the committee was to identify inconsistencies existing between the OSMRE field office reviews and omissions of required data that the field offices overlooked; and (3) although four OSMRE staff members were to comprise the committee, during its 22 meetings from August 1984 to October 1987, participation ranged from 3 to 6 OSMRE staff members, with 14 different staff members participating at one time or another. GAO also found that: (1) an OSMRE inventory manual outlined the criteria to determine the reclamation priority of problem areas; (2) OSMRE used the state reports to allocate the federal portion of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund; (3) OSMRE included lands that presented environmental restoration problems but did not threaten public welfare in the inventory, but did not use such lands to allocate funds; and (4) OSMRE developed various quality control procedures to review state reports. In addition, GAO found that: (1) most state and OSMRE officials believed that the inventory was too inconsistent to use as a basis to allocate grants to states, since states' relative reclamation needs differed; (2) OSMRE tightened the requirements and did not reevaluate submissions approved prior to the change; and (3) states found inconsistencies in OSMRE field office reviews.
Download or read book Abandoned Mined Land Reclamation Needs of the Pennsylvania Anthracite Fields written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 Management and Financial Deficiencies in Federal Mine Reclamation Programs written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Federalism, and the District of Columbia and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 20th anniversary Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
