the San Augustine Coal Area and adjacent areas and a study of the relation of the Zuni Salt Lake area to the regional aquifers Purpose and Scope This report describes the geohydrology of the San Augustine Coal Area and adjacent areas and the possible effects of surface coal mining on the ground water resources of the area and on Zuni Salt Lake
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Get PriceEvaluate surface coal mining operation including review of mine plans layout of haulage roads equipment productivity analyses and coal handling methods Organize and conduct mining technology overviews and tours for mine management and technical personnel Tours included thick seam steeply dipping and contour coal mine sites power
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Get PriceThe Coal Mine Reclamation Program CMRP was created in the early 1980s as part of New Mexico s enactment of surface coal mine reclamation regulations under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 SMCRA CMRP regulates coal mines on federal state and private lands within New Mexico with the exception of Indian lands
Get PriceProcedures for Designating Areas Unsuitable for Surface Coal Mining Operations Read all Section General process requirements Section Petitions Management of acquired land Section Disposition of reclaimed land Part 882 Reclamation on Private Land Read all Section Appraisals Section
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Get PriceSurface coal mining in the mountainous areas of Appalachia often called mountaintop mining generates controversy in part because of its scale and the post mining appearance of the land Yet there is limited public access to information on the size location and life span of these operations or on how the land can be expected to look afterward
Get Pricemeasured emission factor data base for western surface coal mines The objective of this work assignment was to incorporate the results of those studies in the AP 42 Section on western surface coal mining The remainder of this report is structured as follows Section 2 describes the revisions
Get PriceTo determine the region specific impacts of surface coal mines on macroinvertebrate community health chemical and physical stream characteristics and macroinvertebrate family and community metrics were measured in surface coal mine affected and reference streams in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
Get PriceA mining plan is the plan for mining leased Federal coal required by the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 OSMRE is charged with preparing a mining plan decision document MPDD which will be provided to the Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals ASLM
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Get PriceA step change to the management of fixed plant and mobile equipment fire hazards is required to reduce the risk to as low as reasonably achievable This Safety Bulletin provides an analysis of surface coal mine fire HPIs reported during 2024 recommends strategies for reducing fixed plant and mobile equipment fires Analysis of 2024 HPI reports
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Get PriceThe coal economy underwent significant changes during the late twentieth century in terms of where and how coal was produced Overall production increased after 1960 in eastern coal mines with another jump occurring in western mines after 1970 Mining techniques also shifted from underground to surface mining
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