Small Surface Coal Mine Operators Handbook

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Small Surface Coal Mine Operators Handbook

United States Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining; A Handbook for Small Surface Coal Mine Operators; J. Toby Tourbier, Richard Westmacott, Water Resources Center, University of Delaware, 1980

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• Small Surface Coal Mine Operators Handbook (13.9 MB)

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• Cover, Contents (1.58 MB)
• Chapter 1 - Acid Mine Drainage (1.71 MB)
• Chapter 2 - Alkaline Addition and Overburden/Refuse Reclamation (1.91 MB)
• Chapter 3 - Engineered Structural Techniques (1.94 MB)
• Chapter 4 - Active Treatment Technologies (4.13 MB)
• Chapter 5 - Passive Systems Technologies (1.66 MB)
• Appendix contains:  I. Summary of Main Requirements of Performance Standards Concerning the Control of Erosion and Sedimentation  II. Summary of Main Requirements of Performance Standards Concerning the Minimization of Changes in Water Quantity  III. Summary of Main Requirements of Performance Standards Concerning the Minimization of Changes in Water Quality (1.62 MB)
• Chapter 6 - Mobilization and Mining Operations (4.90 MB)
• Chapter 7 - Reclamation and Revegetation (5.97 MB)
• Chapter 8 - Post-Mining Land Uses (1.73 MB)