Screening Procedure for Inactive and Abandoned Mine Sites

Details

• Personal Author:
  Zilka NT
• Description:
  Inactive and abandoned hardrock mine (AML) sites pose a largely unknown threat to human health and the environment. Due to the provisions of the 1872 mining law, most of the sites are in the western U.S. and most are on or within federal lands. In order to cope with the large number of sites, estimated at over 500,000, in a timely and orderly fashion, federal agencies need an efficient and effective means to prioritize which sites to address first. To that end, the Bureau conducted research to develop a screening procedure for AML sites. This research, which was one of four pilot studies evaluated by the BLM in designing its national AML strategy, used the BLM Winnemucca District, Nevada (1295 sites) as a test area. The procedure relies on data readily available in the literature and in state and federal agency files. Application of the procedure results in numeric ratings for mineral-commodity-related human health and environmental hazards for each site in a study area. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Environmental Pollution Hazardous Substances Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Environmental-factors Environmental-hazards Environmental-health Health-hazards Mining-industry Occupational-hazards Occupational-health
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  U.S. Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings ; Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Nevada ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  SRC - Spokane Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  50
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024931
• Citation:
  Abstract Book, U.S. Department of the Interior Conference on the Environment and Safety, April 24-28, 1995. Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1995 Apr; :50
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  U.S. Bureau of Mines
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c8fa6088c0a5eef2efbebc10cb2c2660e408274b6d40f70890cf68eded06033227a66458c9cd75cff878e1173915cb3084a63a96d26c203448774972fc2c03b5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220873/cdc_220873_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 211.36 KB ]