Coal mine spoil and refuse bank reclamation with powerplant fly ash.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Adams, Lester M. ; Capp JP ; Gillmore DW
• Description:
  Numerous coal mine refuse piles and strip spoil banks mar the countryside, contributing to stream and air pollution and land degradation. Experimental reclamation of several such sites with fly ash from bituminous coal-fired powerplants was conducted in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Conventional farm equipment was used at some of the sites; large earthmovers were required at others. The fly ash served as a neutralizing agent, diluent, and soil amendment, providing some nutrients that encouraged vegetation of the barren areas while disposing of significant quantities of the powerplant waste. Estimated cost of reclamation by this method is $300 per acre of previously leveled area. This figure can vary considerably depending upon the topography of the site, distance from the source of fly ash, and quality of the fly ash. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Mining-industry; Waste-treatment; Fly-ash; Environmental-pollution; Coal-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0010-4388
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  20-26
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10001864
• Citation:
  Compost Sci 1972 Nov-Dec; 13(6):20-26
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1973
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Compost Science
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/239000/cdc_239000_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]