This report describes the work performed and the results obtained under a study directed toward identifying innovative recontouring strategies for abandoned surface coal mine lands. The study examined nine specific sites considered typical of abandoned mi...
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Volume I of this report provides an overview of abandoned coal and noncoal mineral surface mine lands in the Tennessee Valley. It calls attention to problems associated with abandoned mines and points out reclamation accomplishments by State and Federal a...
A partial listing of contents includes: History of coal development in Illinois; History of surface-mining reclamation laws in Illinois; The Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Act; Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977; Survey of abandoned min...
Volume 1 of this report provides an overview of abandoned coal and noncoal mineral surface mine lands in the Tennessee Valley. It calls attention to problems associated with abandoned mines and points out reclamation accomplishments by State and Federal a...
Over 1,000 abandoned coal mine entries such as shafts, slopes, and drifts exist in the Eastern Coal Provinces of the United States. The paper discusses recent Office of Surface Mining case histories of hazardous shaft reclamation. Shaft collapse and chara...
...Resources OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ABANDONED MINE LAND RECLAMATION ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND-FEE COLLECTION AND COAL PRODUCTION REPORTING § 870.19 How to...
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Many coal mining companies have potential surface mine reserves which either are known or suspected to have had prior drift mining activity on them. In many cases, there is no documentation on these mines or at best, very fragmented records. These undocumented abandoned underground mines are creating engineering, financial, and ...
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The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) created the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) in the Department of the Interior to oversee the regulation of coal exploration and surface coal mining and reclamation o...
The Coal Mine Drainage Bibliography covers the following areas: surface and underground mines, active and abandoned mines, reclaimed surface mines, and planning of new mines. Also included are information on lakes formed by surface mining, drainage from c...
The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) created the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) in the Department of the Interior to oversee regulation of coal exploration, surface coal mining and reclamation operatio...
Disposal of coal combustion by-products (CCBs) in an environmentally sound manner is a major issue facing the coal and utility industries in the US today. Disposal into abandoned sections of underground coal mines may overcome many of the surface disposal...
More than 100 years of anthracite coal mining has changed surface- and ground-water hydrology and contaminated streams draining the Southern Anthracite Coal Field in east-central ... ...
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The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 has provided a funded program for reclaiming the nation's abandoned coal-mine lands. This paper reviews methods of inventorying such lands and discusses criteria and planning strategies needed to ensu...
...Resources OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ABANDONED MINE LAND RECLAMATION ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND-FEE COLLECTION AND COAL PRODUCTION REPORTING § 870.5 Definitions....
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Methods of controlling or preventing surface subsidence damage above active and abandoned mines (particularly coal) are described. For abandoned mines, selective support methods, such as grout columns, deep foundations and piers; and filling methods, such...
...Resources OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ABANDONED MINE LAND RECLAMATION ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND-FEE COLLECTION AND COAL PRODUCTION REPORTING § 870.13 Fee rates....
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Volume I of this report provides an overview of abandoned coal and noncoal mineral surface mine lands in the Tennessee Valley. It calls attention to problems associated with abandoned mines and points out reclamation accomplishments by State and Federal agencies. It discusses the upcoming task of returning these ...
The purpose of the report is to present the results of a hydrologic study made in west-central Missouri near Montrose at an abandoned surface coal mine from August 1988 to May 1990. Objectives of the study were to determine changes in surface- and ground-...
The bill would amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to provide for the remining of certain abandoned coal mine lands. The bill describes definitions; state remining insurance programs; state self-sustaining remining insurance fund; penalties and enforcement; special rules applicable to remining operations; and ...
Coal operators and the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) disagree on the interpretation of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) of 1977 as it relates to reclamation fee assessments for abandoned sites. Federal courts in several states have addressed the issue and reached ...
The Committee on Abandoned Mine Lands (CAML) analyzed how the U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI) Office of Surface Mining (OSM) has and is administering the Title IV (Abandoned Mine Lands) Program of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of ...
The Coal Mine Drainage Bibliography covers the following areas: surface and underground mines, active and abandoned mines, reclaimed surface mines, and planning of new mines. Also included are information on lakes formed by surface mining, drainage from coal refuse disposal ...
The detailed map shows locations of lignite with less than 150 feet of overburden and with 150 to 1,000 feet of overburden; subbituminous or bituminous coal with less than 150 feet of overburden and with 150 to 3,000 feet of overburden; bituminous coal with more than 3,000 feet of overburden; anthracite and semianthracite; and areas of past or present ...
Contrary to active subsidence, which occurs concurrently with mining operations, or is completed within a few days following coal extraction, delayed subsidence may take many years to appear at the surface after coal mines are abandoned. There are two pri...
The paper summarizes current research on abandoned underground coal mines. It forms an initial basis for developing an inventory of methane emissions from such mines. Early measurements have shown that some abandoned coal mines can liberate large volumes of high quality gas (up to 750,000 cu ft/day: 21,000 cu ...
Volume 1 of this report provides an overview of abandoned coal and noncoal mineral surface mine lands in the Tennessee Valley. It calls attention to problems associated with abandoned mines and points out reclamation accomplishments by State and Federal agencies. It discusses the upcoming task of returning these ...
The development of environmental impact assessment of selenium from coal mine spoils will provide a useful guideline to predict the environmental impact of Se from abandoned coal mine operations. Information obtained from such a study can be applied in areas where coal mining has not yet begun in order to predict ...
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Under the sponsorship of the US Bureau of Mines, a surface-operated automatic high resolution earth resistivity system and associated computer data processing techniques have been designed and constructed for use as a potential means of detecting abandoned coal mine workings. The hardware and software aspects of the new system are ...
water from abandoned coal mining sites. The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA lands and streams that had been damaged or degraded by past mining practices. The abandoned mine lands in abandoned underground mines is not likely to be covered under SMCRA AML restoration ...
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Jun 16, 2011 ... Title: Geochemistry of an abandoned landfill containing coal combustion waste: Implications for remediation ...
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The report focused on three areas: (1) the issues affecting Indian assumption of regulatory authority over surface coal mining operations (often referred to as primacy), (2) the Department of the Interior's proposal to reallocate abandoned mine land recla...
The concrete filled steel cone offers an alternative solution in sealing vertical mine shafts. This paper gives the design and installation experiences of the Office of Surface Mining when dealing with abandoned coal mines. This same solution can also be ...
Volume I of this report provides an overview of abandoned coal and noncoal mineral surface mine lands in the Tennessee Valley. It calls attention to problems assiciated with abandoned mines and points out reclamation accomplishments by State and Federal agencies. It discusses the upcoming task of returning these ...
Recent Bureau of Mines studies with seismic and resistivity methods indicate the outline of abandoned coal mine workings can be delineated. The various methods provide evidence for abandoned mines within 50 m to the surface, to depths of 100m or more. The Bureau methods are described, and case histories are ...
The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) created the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) within the Department of the Interior to oversee the regulation of coal exploration, surface coal mining and reclamation operatio...
The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) created the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) within the Department of the Interior. The purpose of OSM was to oversee the regulation of coal exploration, surface coal mining ...
Surface coal mining in the area around Montrose, Missouri, has supplied fuel for the Montrose Power Plant since 1956 (Kansas City Power and Light, written commun., 1954). Major reclamation of surface mines began about 1972, but by 1987 most of the mined l...
The U.S. Bureau of Mines performed a comparative study of nine sites at eight surface coal mines to determine if the presence of near-surface underground abandoned workings resulted in the generation of adverse long-duration, low-frequency blast vibration...
This report is concerned with the removal of mine waste that has been deposited on the surface and its return to the mined-out area of an active or abandoned coal mine. Emphasis is therefore on the bulk handling systems suitable for large volumes of waste...
The purpose of this study is to investigate cases of subsidence over abandoned mined-out areas of the Pittsburgh coal identified from published and unpublished sources and to determine through a consideration of the geology, topography, climate, mining ac...
This report discusses the technical and economic feasibility of daylighting abandoned deep coal mines as a method to abate acid mine drainage by employing common surface mining and backfilling techniques. Data on the present water quality of Lost Run, Gar...
...retaining walls, influence of the backfilling operation on active underground mine operations, surface area to be supported...The applicant shall describe the source of the hydraulic transport mediums, method of dewatering the placed backfill,...
Shallow underground voids resulting from early coal mining and other resource recovery activities over the past several decades are now being recognized as a significant cause of ground subsidence problems in developing urban areas. Uncertain knowledge of abandoned coal mines also imposes potential hazards in coal ...
Resembling a cross between an underground continuous miner and a surface augering machine, the Thin Seam Miner (TSM) is able to bore into coal seams from new or abandoned highwalls to distances of 220 ft. This ability, enhanced by the incorporation of natural-radiation sensors, allows a TSM to recover 80% to 85% of ...
The coal mining reclamation fee is part of the federal government's efforts to regulate the strip mining of coal and to use proceeds from the fee for land use and pollution control problems associated with abandoned mines. Authorized by the 1977 Surface Mining Contol and Reclamation Act rather than the ...
More than 100 years of anthracite coal mining has changed surface- and ground-water hydrology and contaminated streams draining the Southern Anthracite Coal Field in east-central Pennsylvania. Bear Creek drains the western prong of the Southern Anthracite...
Surface water and ground water from an area underlain by coal-bearing rocks in the vicinity of St. Charles, Michigan, were analyzed to determine the quality characteristics of these water resources and to assess the relation between the two. Data for 15 constituents, including boron, phenol, lithium, strontium and manganese, were in such high ...
The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 has provided a funded program for reclaiming the nation's abandoned coal-mine lands. This paper reviews methods of inventorying such lands and discusses criteria and planning strategies needed to ensure that fish and wildlife values are given consideration in development ...
...impoundments and impounding structures; abandonment. 77.216-5 Section 77.216-5 Mineral Resources MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH...UNDERGROUND COAL MINES Surface Installations § 77.216-5 Water, sediment or slurry...
... remedial strategies for abandoned mine drainage (AMD ... drainage from abandoned coal or ... HISTORIC SITES, *MINES(EXCAVATIONS), *RAILROAD ...
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surface Desorption of Methane and Gas Production #12;Coal surface Abandoned CBM Well Depleted Reservoir #12;Coal Production Results vs. Well Geometry (Fracture Height = 500 ft, Cases with Water) #12;Cumulative Production Results vs. Well Geometry (Fracture Height = 1000 ft, Cases with Water) ...
Congress created the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund (AML) in 1977 as part of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. The AML is funded by a special tax on coal mining. About one-third of AML fees will be paid by coal operators in the western states. The author examines the disbursement of AML funds under ...
... Submarine Surface Abandonment Trials by ... Z39.18 Page 3. Submarine Surface Abandonment Trials Nicholas J. Yarnall, MB ChB, Surg Cdr RN ...
The paper summarizes current research on abandoned underground coal mines. It forms an initial basis for developing an inventory of methane emissions from such mines. Early measurements have shown that some abandoned coal mines can liberate large volumes ...
The paper summarizes current research on abandoned underground coal mines. t forms an initial basis for developing an inventory of methane emissions from such mines. arly measurements have shown that some abandoned coal mines can liberate large volumes of high quality gas (up to ...
The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 created revenues for the reclamation of Abandoned Mine Land (AML) problems. The data in this study were obtained from the National Inventory Update of Abandoned Mine Lands for the State of Indiana, completed in July 1986. The study area included the ...
Flash flooding, subsidence, and other problems associated with strip mining common in Appalachian coal country are the subject of an Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) national survey of abandoned mining sites. The Office of Surface Mining program will oversee compliance with the Federal Surface Mining Control ...
This report describes the work performed and the results obtained under a study directed toward identifying innovative recontouring strategies for abandoned surface-coal-mine lands. The study examined nine specific sites considered typical of abandoned mine lands in the United States. Recontouring costs for these sites were estimated ...
The impact of surface coal mining on the geologic materials and ground water in different geologic settings is under investigation at three abandoned surface mines in Illinois. At a site near Ottawa, the overburden prior to mining consisted largely of pyritic shale; sand was the major component of the overburden ...
Base-flow data from 779 sites in Ohio 's coal region were analyzed statistically to relate land use to selected water-quality characteristics. Sites were classified into five categories: unmined (100 percent unmined land), abandoned (50 percent or more abandoned surface mines), reclaimed (50 percent or more ...
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The authority to regulate the coal industry at the state level, under state statute and rules, the importance of the coal industry to the state, the importance of an environmentally sound regulatory program, and the benefit of a state-managed abandoned mine reclamation program, in short the ability of the state to manage its own ...
Pneumatic conveyance systems of varying capabilities were used to backfill abandoned coal mines. Results indicate that pneumatic conveyance of backfill materials is a viable method of abandoned mine reclamation. Costs are competitive especially when the alternatives of offsite disposal areas and relocating structures and roadways are ...
This bill would amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to provide for the remining of certain abandoned coal mine lands. After defining the necessary terms, the bill describes the right of states to establish a State Remining Insurance Program, insurance coverage, bonds, the determination of unanticipated event or ...
A 150-acre drainage basin in an unreclaimed coal strip mine in east-central Ohio was studied and extensively monitored to determine the effect of a surface application of limestone on the ground water quality. Prior to the limestone treatment the ground and surface water of the basin was acidic due to pyrite oxidation in the spoil. The ...
Subsidence over active longwall mines, which occurs concurrently with mining or is completed within a few days following coal extraction has been studied extensively over the past decade. On the other hand, subsidence over abandoned coal mines is difficult to predict and may take place decades after mining has ceased. Two types of ...
Details the issues, hazards, and remediation techniques associated with abandoned mines and resource producing properties of the past on national park land. Abandoned mineral lands, commonly known as AML, are one of many types of disturbed lands in the National Park System. AML sites are 1) underground and surface mines, 2) placer and ...
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Details are given of a field-scale research project where the Fleming site, in Ohio, of highly degraded and acid-forming abandoned surface coal-mined land, was reclaimed using a dry flue gas desulfurization product from an atmospheric fluidized bed combustion burner at a General Motors plant Pontiac, MI, which burned eastern Ohio ...
Foaming Mud Cement (FMC) is a class of materials related to cellular cement studied and developed for the purpose of addressing Abandoned Mine Land problems. During the 2-year program, significant advances were made using a specific methodology that properly employed will enable the successful termination of many surface and underground ...
The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 required promulgation of interim program regulations by November 3, 1977, and permanent program regulations by August 3, 1978. Relevant regulatory and litigation activities during 1978, and regulations issued under the act are discussed. Included are regulatory actions concerning abandoned mine lands, ...
A 150-acre drainage basin in an unreclaimed coal strip mine in east-central Ohio was studied and extensively monitored to determine the effect of a surface application of limestone on the ground water quality. Prior to the limestone treatment the ground and surface water of the b...
previously-mined and abandoned surface and underground mines to obtain the remaining coal reserves. Through to Control Acid Mine Drainage Thomas Cook � Jeff Skousen � Tiff Hilton Received: 15 June 2008 / Accepted: 22 of overburden from the Number 5 Block coal seam were constructed during previous mining oper- ...
The Bureau of Mines and the University of Illinois investigated surface characteristics and damage to structures from mine subsidence over a room-and-pillar coal mine in Hegeler, IL. Data on three adjacent subsidence sags and associated structural damage were collected, summarized and evaluated.
It has been proposed that a mix made from fly and bottom ash from atmospheric pressure fluidized bed coal combusters (FBC ash), water, and stabilizers be injected from the surface into abandoned room and pillar coal mines through boreholes. Besides ash di...
Methods of controlling or preventing surface subsidence damage above active and abandoned mines (particularly coal) are described. For abandoned mines, selective support methods, such as grout columns, deep foundations and piers; and filling methods, such as hydraulic flushing, pneumatic filling, fly ash injection, ...
... wetlands to treat acid mine drainage from abandoned acid coal ... SUBSTRATES, COMPOSTS, COAL MINES, RECLAMATION, SAWDUST. ...
The purpose of the report is to present the results of a hydrologic study made in west-central Missouri near Montrose at an abandoned surface coal mine from August 1988 to May 1990. Objectives of the study were to determine changes in surface- and ground-water chemistry since mine-reclamation activities were ...
The utility of aircraft multispectral scanner data for describing the land cover features of an abandoned contour-mined coal mine is considered. The data were obtained with an 11 band multispectral scanner at an altitude of 1.2 kilometers. Supervised, maximum-likelihood statistical classifications of the data were made to establish land-cover classes and ...
Under an approved remining program, mine operators can remine abandoned coal mines without assuming legal responsibility for treatment of the previously degraded water, as long as the discharging waters are not further degraded and other regulatory requirements are satisfied. A US Bureau of Mines review of 105 remining permits in Pennsylvania indicates ...
...and reactivating of abandoned or deactivated coal mines, notification by the...and reactivating of abandoned or deactivated coal mines, notification by the...underground coal mine, and a mine which has been abandoned or deactivated...
This paper summarizes and evaluates data on mine subsidence ground movements and associated damage for houses in Illinois. Based on the data collected, the response of homes to subsidence ground movements is expressed in terms of repair costs. A damage criteria is then proposed that relates the ground movements and damage levels. The data were collected as part of a comprehensive study performed ...
Coal is usually 'washed' with water and a variety of chemicals to reduce its content of sulfur and mineral matter. The 'washings' or 'coal slurry' derived from this process is a viscous black liquid containing fine particles of coal, mineral matter, and other dissolved and particulate substances. Coal slurry may be ...
A method of gasification of coal in deep, thin seams by using controlled bending subsidence to confine gas flow to a region close to the unconsumed coal face is given. The injection point is moved sequentially around the perimeter of a coal removal area from a production well to sweep out the area to cause the controlled bending ...
A method of gasification of coal in deep, thin seams by using controlled bending subsidence to confine gas flow to a region close to the unconsumed coal face. The injection point is moved sequentially around the perimeter of a coal removal area from a production well to sweep out the area to cause the controlled bending subsidence. The ...
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Surface collapses due to abandoned coal mines are a problem of great concern in southeastern Kansas. A reliable, cost-efficient method for detecting these mined cavities is needed to evaluate prospective construction sites. High-resolution reflection seismology was used successfully to detect mined cavities in a 1 meter (3 feet) thick ...
The U.S. Bureau of Mines applied its mine fire diagnostic method to an abandoned anthracite mine fire site in Carbondale, Lackawanna County, PA. The technique to locate fires in abandoned coal mines and coal refuse piles includes the determination of hydrocarbon concentrations in mine gases, the imposition of an ...
A 13.8 ha abandoned coal refuse site in southwestern Illinois was reclaimed by recontouring the refuse material and covering it with a minimum 30 cm of soil. The reclamation procedure included determination of the site's final land use, collection of preconstruction environmental data, and development and implementation of engineering plans. The ...
Surface coal mining operations can be effective in the reclamation of abandoned mined lands and are being encouraged by the amendments to the existing Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. The new section X - Remining spells out the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to enter into agreements ...
The technical and economic feasibility of daylighting abandoned deep coal mines is discussed as a method to abate acid mine drainage by employing common surface mining and backfilling techniques. Data on the present water quality of Lost Run, Garrett County, Maryland was obtained and used for the evaluation of using daylighting as a ...
As a part of the coal mining and restoration research, a steeply sloped, forty acre pasture site of low agricultural productivity was chosen for Iowa Coal Project Demonstration Mine No. 1. During mining, 110,000 tons of coal were removed, impact on the surrounding environment was kept at a minimum and the site was restored to a series ...
Water samples were collected from 18 natural springs within the West Fork of the Obey River watershed. Overton County, Tennessee, to determine if groundwater was adversely affected by runoff from abandoned surface coal mines Six springs were found to be affected severely and deemed unfit as a source of potable water Water quality of ...
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