Integrated Mined-area Reclamation and Land Use Planning. Volume 3B. A Case Study of Surface Mining and Reclamation Planning
Integrated Mined-area Reclamation and Land Use Planning. Volume 3B. A Case Study of Surface Mining and Reclamation Planning

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The reports in this series are designed primarily to familiarize professional land use and resource planners with the range of possibilities and effective procedures for achieving integrated mining, reclamation, and land use planning. These reports are based on a research program which included an extensive literature review, the compilation and analysis of case study data, and close coordination and interaction with related government programs. In Volume 3, A Guide to Mined Area Reclamation Technology for Reclamation and Land Use Planners, the method used to reclaim land in each of several mineral industries are discussed in relation to the physical and cultural constraints that must be considered in planning a reclamation program. Much of the information for this document was obtained from case studies conducted in several mining districts. Volume 3B presents data from a case study of surface mining and reclamation planning, International Minerals and Chemical Corporation, Phosphate Operations, Polk County, Florida.

Integrated Mined-area Reclamation and Land Use Planning. Volume 3F. A Case Study of Surface Mining and Reclamation Planning
Integrated Mined-area Reclamation and Land Use Planning. Volume 3F. A Case Study of Surface Mining and Reclamation Planning

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A mountain-top removal coal mining operation in south-central West Virginia is examined in this case study. A 2010 acre tract that is partly owned and partly leased by Cannelton Industries, Inc., has been about half stripped of the 5 Block and 6 Block Coals. The surrounding land area is characterized by steep-sided hills and generally lacks extensive tracts of level land suitable for agricultural or residential/commercial development. The Cannelton operation, which has already leveled several ridges, is creating areas which may be considered to have a higher land use potential than before mining. Although this site is generally isolated from urbanized areas and thus from structured regional planning efforts, it merits study as an excellent example of an innovating mining technique and integrated site-specific mining and reclamation planning.

Integrated Mined-area Reclamation and Land-use Planning. Volume 3C. A Case Study of Surface Mining and Reclamation Planning
Integrated Mined-area Reclamation and Land-use Planning. Volume 3C. A Case Study of Surface Mining and Reclamation Planning

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This case study examines the reclamation practices of the Georgia Kaolin's American Industrial Clay Company Division, a kaolin producer centered in Twiggs, Washington, and Wilkinson Counties, Georgia. The State of Georgia accounts for more than one-fourth of the world's kaolin production and about three-fourths of U.S. kaolin output. The mining of kaolin in Georgia illustrates the effects of mining and reclaiming lands disturbed by area surface mining. The disturbed areas are reclaimed under the rules and regulations of the Georgia Surface Mining Act of 1968. The natural conditions influencing the reclamation methodologies and techniques are markedly unique from those of other mining operations. The environmental disturbances and procedures used in reclaiming the kaolin mined lands are reviewed and implications for planners are noted.

Integrated Mined-area Reclamation and Land Use Planning. A Case Study of Surface Mining and Reclamation Planning
Integrated Mined-area Reclamation and Land Use Planning. A Case Study of Surface Mining and Reclamation Planning

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An integrated surface mining and reclamation program typical of those found at large scale surface coal mining operations in the Midwest and West is examined in this case study, which focuses on Peabody Coal Co.'s Universal Mine in west central Indiana. A high volatile, bituminous coal is extracted and processed at the Universal site, which opened in 1969 and is now one of the largest producing surface mines in the state. Careful planning for effluent control during mining has resulted in a nearly ''pollution-free'' area stripping operation at Universal, and most of the mined land has been graded for and seeded as pasture. The mine is about 10 miles from the city of Terre Haute; this proximity offers opportunities for developing reclaimed surface mines for higher land uses than those required by the state (forestry, rangeland, pasture, or cropland), due to high demand for housing and recreation sites. Surveys of area residents show such development would be well-received; however, there is no public planning effort underway to promote these types of land use. This situation is representative of many mines, where progressive companies have generated land use strategies without seeking or being offered much input from public planners. While mining companies may be capable of good reclamation planning, public benefit could be maximized by a concerted effort by planners and mining companies to work together in integrating reclamation and land use planning.