Mountaintop Mining
Background & Issues
Seiten
2011
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-61728-936-1 (ISBN)
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-61728-936-1 (ISBN)
Mountaintop removal mining involves removing the top of a mountain in order to recover the coal seams contained there. This book provides background on regulatory requirements, controversies and legal challenges to mountaintop mining.
Mountaintop removal mining involves removing the top of a mountain in order to recover the coal seams contained there. It creates an immense quantity of excess spoil (dirt and rock that previously composed the mountaintop), which is typically placed in valley fills on the sides of the former mountains, burying streams that flow through the valleys. Critics say that, as a result of valley fills, stream water quality and the aquatic wildlife habitat that streams support are destroyed by tons of rocks and dirt. The mining industry argues that mountaintop mining is essential to conducting surface coal mining in the Appalachian region and that surface coal mining would not be economically feasible there if producers were restricted from using valleys for the disposal of mining overburden. This book provides background on regulatory requirements, controversies and legal challenges to mountaintop mining.
Mountaintop removal mining involves removing the top of a mountain in order to recover the coal seams contained there. It creates an immense quantity of excess spoil (dirt and rock that previously composed the mountaintop), which is typically placed in valley fills on the sides of the former mountains, burying streams that flow through the valleys. Critics say that, as a result of valley fills, stream water quality and the aquatic wildlife habitat that streams support are destroyed by tons of rocks and dirt. The mining industry argues that mountaintop mining is essential to conducting surface coal mining in the Appalachian region and that surface coal mining would not be economically feasible there if producers were restricted from using valleys for the disposal of mining overburden. This book provides background on regulatory requirements, controversies and legal challenges to mountaintop mining.
Preface; Mountaintop Mining: Background on Current Controversies; Surface Coal Mining: Characteristics of Mining in Mountainous Areas of Kentucky and West Virginia; Controversies over Redefining "Fill Material" under the Clean Water Act; Surface Coal Mining: Financial Assurances for, and Long-Term Oversight of, Mines with Valley Fills in Four Appalachian States; Improving EPA Review of Appalachian Surface Coal Mining Operations under the Clean Water Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and the Environmental Justice Executive Order; Reforestation of Title IV and Title V Mined Lands; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.2.2011 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 260 x 180 mm |
| Gewicht | 552 g |
| Themenwelt | Technik ► Bergbau |
| ISBN-10 | 1-61728-936-1 / 1617289361 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-61728-936-1 / 9781617289361 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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