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Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia | US EPA

2021-11-23 · Surface coal mining methods in the steep terrain of the central Appalachian coalfields include mountaintop removal, contour, area and highwall mining. Coal mining operations are found in Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Alabama and Tennessee.

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AP 42 11.9 Western Surface Coal Mining

2015-9-10 · 11.9 Western Surface Coal Mining 11.9.1 General 1 There are 12 major coal fields in the western states (excluding the Pacific Coast and Alaskan fields), as shown in Figure 11.9-1. Together, they account for more than 64 percent of the surface minable coal reserves in the United States. 2 The 12 coal fields have varying characteristics that may ...

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Surface Coal Mining in the Northern Great Plains of the ...

----- SURFACE COAL MINING IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES An Introduction and Inventory Utilizing Aerial Photography Collected in 1974 and 1975 June, 1976 Prepared by: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency * Off ice of Energy Activities* Region VIII, Denver, Colorado * Off ice of Energy, Minerals, and Industry* Office of

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Coal Mining in the United States: SMGRA's Successful

lated surface coal mining were having on the human and natural environment animated a decade-long struggle to establish national policy for surface coal mining. The result was the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, P.L. 95-97 (SMCRA). Enacted to implement a national framework for regulating the environmental

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Coal and the environment - U.S. Energy Information ...

2021-12-2 · Surface mines (sometimes called strip mines) were the source of about 62% of the coal mined in the United States in 2019. These mining operations remove the soil and rock above coal deposits, or seams. The largest surface mines in the United States are in Wyoming's Powder River Basin, where coal deposits are close to the surface and are up to ...

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Surface Coal Mining in the Northern Great Plains of the ...

----- SURFACE COAL MINING IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES An Introduction and Inventory Utilizing Aerial Photography Collected in 1974 and 1975 June, 1976 Prepared by: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "A" Off ice of Energy Activities^ Region VIII, Denver, Colorado •^Office of Energy, Minerals, and Industry^ Office of

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Mapping the yearly extent of surface coal mining in ...

Surface mining for coal has taken place in the Central Appalachian region of the United States for well over a century, with a notable increase since the 1970s. Researchers have quantified the ecosystem and health impacts stemming from mining, relying in part on a geospatial dataset defining surface mining's extent at a decadal interval.

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Table 9. Major U.S. Coal Mines, 2020

2021-9-23 · 33 Center Mine / Bni Coal, Ltd Surface North Dakota 4,168,628 Subtotal 356,623,388 All Other Mines 178,810,966 U.S. Total 535,434,354 Note: Major mines are mines that produced more than 4 million short tons in 2020. Company listed indicates the firm operating the mine.

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Respirable coal mine dust at surface mines, United States ...

However, pneumoconiosis and other occupational respiratory diseases also occur in surface coal miners, which is noteworthy given current differences between the surface and underground coal mining industries in the United States. In 2017, surface operations produced 500 million short tons of coal, compared with 271 million from underground ...

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Acid mine drainage from coal mining in the United States ...

2020-9-1 · Surface coal mining underpins the shallow mining method to extract coal embedded in earth by removing overburden covering a coal seam. It includes strip, auger, highwall, open pit, and area mining. After mining, coal companies reclaim sites by grading, replacing topsoil, and revegetation driven by specific set of soil, air, and water quality ...

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Mapping the yearly extent of surface coal mining in ...

Surface mining for coal has taken place in the Central Appalachian region of the United States for well over a century, with a notable increase since the 1970s. Researchers have quantified the ecosystem and health impacts stemming from mining, relying in part on a geospatial dataset defining surface mining's extent at a decadal interval.

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Surface Coal Mining in the Northern Great Plains of the ...

----- SURFACE COAL MINING IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES An Introduction and Inventory Utilizing Aerial Photography Collected in 1974 and 1975 June, 1976 Prepared by: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency * Off ice of Energy Activities* Region VIII, Denver, Colorado * Off ice of Energy, Minerals, and Industry* Office of

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Surface Coal Mining in the Northern Great Plains of the ...

----- SURFACE COAL MINING IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES An Introduction and Inventory Utilizing Aerial Photography Collected in 1974 and 1975 June, 1976 Prepared by: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "A" Off ice of Energy Activities^ Region VIII, Denver, Colorado •^Office of Energy, Minerals, and Industry^ Office of

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What are the largest remaining coal mines in the US?

2019-3-19 · The surface mining technique is used to mine the sedimentary coal deposit at the site, which has a coal quality is claimed to average 8,800 BTU/lb. In 2017, the direct and indirect economic benefits from the mine stood at $2.8bn

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Coal Mine Safety Achievements in the USA and the ...

2012-8-30 · The United States’ coal mining industry employs about 75,000 persons, producing more than 1.1 billion short tons of coal per year, approximately 60% is from surface mines and 40% from underground mines. Coal mining operations are concentrated in the eastern United States (Figure 1), with more than 70% of all operations located in

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Restoration of/Natural Ecosystems on Surface Coal Mine ...

Surface mining currently accounts for 50 percent of the coal mined in the United States and will probably increase in the future because of the lower operating cost and increased production/man-day when compared with deep mining. In the past, reclamation of these sites consisted of partial regrading and planting of grasses and trees, often with ...

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Respirable coal mine dust at surface mines, United States ...

Background: Exposure to respirable coal mine dust can cause pneumoconiosis, an irreversible lung disease that can be debilitating. The mass concentration and quartz mass percent of respirable coal mine dust samples (annually, by occupation, by geographic region) from surface coal mines and surface facilities at U.S. underground mines during 1982-2017 were summarized.

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Mine Water Quality Prediction at Surface Coal Mines in

2005-11-1 · Mine Water Quality Prediction at Surface Coal Mines in the United States Robert L. P. Kleinmann National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 15236-0940 Abstract. This paper briefly summarizes the contents of a recently completed book on the subject of predicting water quality at surface coal mines.

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Restoration of/Natural Ecosystems on Surface Coal Mine ...

1984-1-1 · Surface mining currently accounts for 50 percent of the coal mined in the United States and will probably increase in the future because of the lower

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The five largest coal-producing states in the US - Mining ...

The five largest coal-producing states in the US. In 2016, US coal production slumped to 728 million short tonnes, the lowest annual production since 1979, and an 18.8% year-on-year decline. However, coal production remains a vital

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GAO-10-21 Surface Coal Mining: Characteristics of

2020-2-23 · United States Senate . Surface mining for coal in the mountainous areas of Appalachia—often referred to as mountaintop mining—generates controversy due to the scale of mining operations and concern about the post-mining appearance of reclaimed lands, among other issues. Mountaintop mining operations

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Surface Coal Mining – Overburden Removal, Extraction,

2015-5-1 · An evaluation of mining and reclamation practices at 159 randomly sampled surface coal mines in the United States was conducted. Operating procedures for dragline stripping of single and multiple seams, surface mining of lignite, multicut and multiseam haulback mining on steep slopes, mountaintop removal, and surface mining in swampy or deeply glaciated areas

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GAO-10-206 Surface Coal Mining: Financial Assurances

2020-2-23 · United States Senate . Surface mining for coal in the mountainous areas of Appalachia—a process often referred to as mountaintop mining—has generated opposition in recent years because of its impact on landscapes, streams, ecosystems, and communities. In mountaintop mining, before the

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Restoration of/Natural Ecosystems on Surface Coal Mine ...

Surface mining currently accounts for 50 percent of the coal mined in the United States and will probably increase in the future because of the lower operating cost and increased production/man-day when compared with deep mining. In the past, reclamation of these sites consisted of partial regrading and planting of grasses and trees, often with ...

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Hydrologic Effects of Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia (U ...

2015-6-15 · Surface coal mining operations alter landscapes of the Appalachian Mountains, United States, by replacing bedrock with mine spoil, altering topography, removing native vegetation, and constructing mine soils with hydrologic

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Coal Mine Safety Achievements in the USA and the ...

2012-8-30 · The United States’ coal mining industry employs about 75,000 persons, producing more than 1.1 billion short tons of coal per year, approximately 60% is from surface mines and 40% from underground mines. Coal mining operations are concentrated in the eastern United States (Figure 1), with more than 70% of all operations located in

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Respirable coal mine dust at surface mines, United States ...

In 2014, the United States Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) issued a new dust rule changing the respirable coal mine dust (RCMD) exposure

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Surface mining and reclamation effects on flood response ...

2009-4-7 · [1] Surface mining of coal and subsequent reclamation represent the dominant land use change in the central Appalachian Plateau (CAP) region of the United States. Hydrologic impacts of surface mining have been studied at the

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Coal-mining jobs top U.S. states 2020 | Statista

2021-11-2 · Get in touch with us now. , Nov 2, 2021. West Virginia is the state with the most coal-mining jobs in the United States, with some 11.4 thousand

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The five largest coal-producing states in the US - Mining ...

The five largest coal-producing states in the US. In 2016, US coal production slumped to 728 million short tonnes, the lowest annual production since 1979, and an 18.8% year-on-year decline. However, coal production remains a vital

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