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The Land Reclamation Program was initiated at Argonne National Lab. in June, 1975, to address the need for coordinated applied and basic research into the environmental problems associated with utilization of coal, one of the nation's most abundant energy forms. It is anticipated that the current national coal production of 648 million tons will double by 2000. The major share of this projected increase is expected to be from surface mines, especially because surface mining is more economically advantageous than deep mining. However, surface mining of coal is more disruptive environmentally, and has greater potential to destroy existing ecosystems, impact water quality, and alter land usage. There is, therefore, a great need to better understand and evaluate the feasibility, costs, and potential effectiveness of alternative reclamation technologies as applied to surface mining. Integrated methods to reclaim surface-mined land in the U.S. have only been recently undertaken, and their effectiveness is either undetermined or poorly understood and not known over a long-term period. A well-structured, long-range nationally coordinated program is needed to develop, test, and deploy the most cost-effective techniques and technologies for land reclamation that are currently available. The goal of the Land Reclamation Program is therefore to conduct coordinated field and laboratory R and D programs focused on near- and long-term land reclamation problems and land use in the four major U.S. coal-resource regions.
Land Reclamation Program. Annual Report, July 1975--July 1976
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The Land Reclamation Program was initiated at Argonne National Lab. in June, 1975, to address the need for coordinated applied and basic research into the environmental problems associated with utilization of coal, one of the nation's most abundant energy forms. It is anticipated that the current national coal production of 648 million tons will double by 2000. The major share of this projected increase is expected to be from surface mines, especially because surface mining is more economically advantageous than deep mining. However, surface mining of coal is more disruptive environmentally, and has greater potential to destroy existing ecosystems, impact water quality, and alter land usage. There is, therefore, a great need to better understand and evaluate the feasibility, costs, and potential effectiveness of alternative reclamation technologies as applied to surface mining. Integrated methods to reclaim surface-mined land in the U.S. have only been recently undertaken, and their effectiveness is either undetermined or poorly understood and not known over a long-term period. A well-structured, long-range nationally coordinated program is needed to develop, test, and deploy the most cost-effective techniques and technologies for land reclamation that are currently available. The goal of the Land Reclamation Program is therefore to conduct coordinated field and laboratory R and D programs focused on near- and long-term land reclamation problems and land use in the four major U.S. coal-resource regions.
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The Land Reclamation Program was initiated at Argonne National Lab. in June, 1975, to address the need for coordinated applied and basic research into the environmental problems associated with utilization of coal, one of the nation's most abundant energy forms. It is anticipated that the current national coal production of 648 million tons will double by 2000. The major share of this projected increase is expected to be from surface mines, especially because surface mining is more economically advantageous than deep mining. However, surface mining of coal is more disruptive environmentally, and has greater potential to destroy existing ecosystems, impact water quality, and alter land usage. There is, therefore, a great need to better understand and evaluate the feasibility, costs, and potential effectiveness of alternative reclamation technologies as applied to surface mining. Integrated methods to reclaim surface-mined land in the U.S. have only been recently undertaken, and their effectiveness is either undetermined or poorly understood and not known over a long-term period. A well-structured, long-range nationally coordinated program is needed to develop, test, and deploy the most cost-effective techniques and technologies for land reclamation that are currently available. The goal of the Land Reclamation Program is therefore to conduct coordinated field and laboratory R and D programs focused on near- and long-term land reclamation problems and land use in the four major U.S. coal-resource regions.
Land Reclamation Program
Author: Argonne National Laboratory. Energy and Environmental Systems Division
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Category : Reclamation of land
Languages : en
Pages : 159
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Category : Reclamation of land
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Pages : 159
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Publications 1968 to 1985
Author: Argonne National Laboratory. Energy and Environmental Systems Division
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Category : Pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Category : Pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis
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Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 930
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Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 930
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Energy & Environmental Systems Division, EES Publications, 1968-1986
Author: Argonne National Laboratory. Energy and Environmental Systems Division
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Category : Environmental protection
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Category : Environmental protection
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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EPA-600/7
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Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Pages : 200
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ERDA Energy Research Abstracts
Author: United States. Energy Research and Development Administration
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 776
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 776
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Energy Research Abstracts
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Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 1346
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Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 1346
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ERDA Energy Research Abstracts
Author: United States. Energy Research and Development Administration. Technical Information Center
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Category : Force and energy
Languages : en
Pages : 1066
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Category : Force and energy
Languages : en
Pages : 1066
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An Analysis of Federal Incentives Used to Stimulate Energy Production
Author: Pacific Northwest Laboratory
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Category : Energy policy
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Category : Energy policy
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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