Ecology and Coal Resource Development

PrefaceVolume IPart I : Coal Development and the Environment U.S. Coal Development Policy: Resolving the Energy-Environment Conflict Unwinding the Paradox - Unwrapping the Promise Coal's Response to the Challenge in the National Energy Plan: Demand and Supply Projection through 1985 Coal Utilization and Supply Office of Surface Mining: Combining Energy and the Environment Mining Environmental Research in the Bureau of Mines Assessing the Effects of Alternative Public Policies on Western Coal Development Environmental Mediation: Bridging the Gap Between Energy Needs and Ecosystem Opencast Coal Mining and the Environment in the United Kingdom Mining Ecology and Environmental Problems of Coal Mining in Australia Mining, Dewatering and Environmental Effects: A Multiobjective Approach Trace Elements in the Environment - Effects and Potential Toxicity of those Associated with Coal Combating Pollution Created by Coal-Burning Generating Plants in YugoslaviaPart II: Planning Criteria, Policy, and Legal Compliance Policy Development to Minimize Mining Impact: Report of the U.S. National Coal Policy Project The Trouble With Western Coal Energy Policies and the Use of Input-Output Models Policy Aspects of Energy Resource Development on Indian Lands Physical Processes Related to Impact Prediction of Land Disturbance Activities Interactive Computerized Planning of Surface Coal Mining Operations Simulation Models for Surface Coal Mine Planning ND-REAP, An Information and Analysis System for an Energy Exporting State Environmental Impact Statements for the Australian Coal Mining Industry Opencast Coal Extraction in Great Britain - The South Yorkshire Example The Belvoir Prospect : A Study in Mine Site Selection Coal Development Guidelines in British Columbia Enforcement of P.L.95-87 (The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977) Who Does What? And When? And Where? The Federal Surface Mining and Control Act of 1977 Surface Coal Mining Law and Wildlife in the Western United States Compliance with Environmental Enforcement Regulations as Affected by Hydrologie ExtremesPart III: Mining Development, and Economics An Inventory of Western Surface-Mined Lands: Coal, Uranium, and Phosphate Citizen Perceptions of Coal-Related Community Growth Combining Surface Mining and Reclamation to Maximize the Social Product of a Region Energy Industry Uses of Socioeconomic Impact Management Externality Costs Associated with Energy Resource Development An Inter-Industry Input-Output Analysis of Energy Intensivity Market Changes for Coal of the East and the West What Constitutes the Price of Coal in the Northern Great Plains Allocating Electricity Delivery Costs to Customer Types Benefits and Costs of Land Reclamation in the Central Appalachian Coalfields Market Potential of Abatement Gypsum Production in the U.S. Economics of Reuse of Power Plant AshPart IV: Principles and Practices of Reclamation Section 1 - Planning and Development Reclamation — Our Legacy to the Future Incorporating Orphaned Mine Spoil Reclamation into the Mining Plan A Planning and Decision Model for the Aesthetics of Surface Mine Reclamation Surface Coal Mine Reclamation and Municipal Solid Waste Disposal: A Symbiotic Relationship Planning for Regrading and Reclamation of Strip Mine Spoils The Need for Comprehensive Aquatic Impact Analyses: The North Central United States-Mississippi River Trace Metal Case Study Determination of Appropriate Sites for Coal Mining Operations: The Role of Endangered Plants and Critical Habitats Estimating Revegetation Potentials of Land Surface Mined for Coal in the West Computerized Reclamation Planning System for Northern Great Plains Surface Coal Mines The Diversified Reclamation Program at Southwestern Illinois Coal Corporation Conventional Wisdom in 1975 and the Real World in 1978 in Surface Mine Land Reclamation at the Navajo Mine The Establishment and Maintenance of Vegetation on Minesoils in the Eastern United States Reclamation & Mine Planning at the Fording River Operations Reclamation and Coal Exploration, Peace River Coal Block-British Columbia-Canada Reclamation, Research & Development in Mountainous Regions Reclamation Problems and Practices in Eastern Canada Some Alternative Approaches to the Establishment of Vegetation on Mined Land and on Chemical Waste Materials Reclamation After Strip Mining—A Vital Means in Long-Term Development Planning in the Rhenish Lignite District, Germany Reclamation Problems in the Upper Silesia Mining District, Poland Opencast Mining and Reclamation in South Africa An Overview of Revegetation and Reclamation of Mine Spoils in Japan Reclamation and Use of Coal-Mined Ecosystem in India: A Review Spoil-Heap Revegetation at Open-Cut Coal Mines in the Bowen Basin of Queensland, Australia Environmental Assessment of Coal Mining Proposals in Australia: Reclamation and Rehabilitation Strip Mine Reclamation in USSR, West Germany and USA General Remarks on Reclamation in the USSR Section 2 - Ecological Processes Soil Development and Plant Succession on 1- to 50-Year-Old Strip Mine Spoils in Southeastern Montana Successional Development of Vegetation on Surface Mined Land in Montana Ecological Stability - Is This a Realistic Goal for Arid Land Rehabilitation? Natural Revegetation of Acid Coal Spoils in Southeast Iowa Wildlife Populations Associated with Natural, Agricultural, and Abandoned Surface Mined Lands in Southern Indiana: A Site Specific Study The Impacts of Strip Mine Reclamation Practices: A Simulation Study Natural Revegetation of Strip-Mined Land in the Lignite Coalfields of Southeastern Saskatchewan Aquatic Habitat of Coal and Bentonite Clay Strip Mine Ponds in the Northern Great Plains Impact of Mining Operation on the Ecosystem in Rajasthan, India Degradation of Vegetation in the Surface-Mined Area of Western Rajasthan Microbes, Mycorrhizae and Mine Spoil Effects of Surface Mining on Soil Microbial Communities and Processes Algal Colonization on a Reclaimed Surface-Mined Area in Western North Dakota Algal Succession on Orphaned Coal Mine Spoils Strip Mine Reclamation: Production and Decomposition of Plant Litter Section 3 - Design and Management Criteria An Overview of Western North Dakota Lignite Strip Mining Processes and Resulting Subsurface Characteristics Instability of Contoured Strip Mine Spoils -Western North Dakota Selective Placement of Coal Strip Mine Overburden A Computer-Assisted Topsoil Management System for Reclaiming Surface Minesoils Soil Surface Movement and Relation to Vegetation Structure The Double Disc Press Drill as a Tool in Mine Land Reclamation Precipitation Effectiveness and Thermal Efficiency: Critical Factors in Successful Reclamation The Utilization of Coal Mine and Mine—Mouth Conversion Plant Waste Waters for Fish and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Precipitation Harvesting and Restoration on Strip Mine Spoils Water Harvesting to Establish Perennial Plants on Semiarid Coal Mine Spoil Section 4 - Hydrology and Geochemistry Impacts of Coal Mining on Water Resources in the U.S. Effects of Surface Manipulation on the Hydrologie Balance of Surface-Mined Land Geotechnical Engineering and Hydrogeology in the Feasibility and Planning Stages of Surface Mining Hydrologie and Hydrogeochemical Characteristics of Selected Strip Mine Spoils in Western North Dakota The Nature of Acid Mine Drainage Reactions and Their Relation to Overburden Analysis Trace Metal Concentrations in a Stream—Swamp System Receiving Coal Ash Effluent Mixing Overburden to Simulate Soil Conditions: ARCo. Black Thunder Mine Phosphorus Diffusion in Coal Mine Spoils Section 5 - Biogeochemistry and Ecophysiology The Chemistry and Reactions of Humic Substances Spoil Chemistry as Modified by Surface Topography and Precipitation Delineation of Mineral Stresses in Mine Spoils and Screening Plants for Adaptability Approach to Reclamation of Surface-Mined Land in the Fruitland Formation in New Mexico Extractable and Total—Soil Element Concentrations Favorable for Native Plant Growth in the Northern Great Plains Soil Contamination and Revegetation in Ashio Copper Mine Districts, Japan Mineral Composition of Wheat from Coal—Mine Spoils and Farms in the Northern Great Plains, USA Trace Element Concentrations in Plants from Revegetated Strip Mined Lands and Native Range in Southeastern Montana Plant Response and Forage Quality for Livestock Grazing on Coal Mine Spoils in Montana Planting Date and Water Affect Initial Establishment of Perennial Vegetative Communities Moisture and Fertility Aspects of Buckwheat Production on Mine Spoil in West Virginia Plant Growth and Mycorrhizal Development in Amended Coal Spoil Material Section 6 - Role of Amendments and Species Selection Effect of Sewage Sludge, Garbage Mulch and Lime on some Chemical and Physical Properties of a Strip Mine Spoil Increasing Vegetable Productivity of Strip Mine Spoil through the Use of Organic Soil Amendments Field Evaluation of some Amendments in Terms of Spoil Properties and Plant Productivity Sawmill Residues, An Environmental Problem can Aid in the Revegetation of Surface Mines Utilization of Coal Ash by Crops Under Greenhouse Conditions Waste Products: A New Trend in Reclamation Growth and Sulfur Sorption of Corn on Soil Amended with Fluidized-Bed Waste Cost of Alternative Mulching Systems on Eastern Kentucky Surface Mines Characterization and Treatment of Acid—Producing Colliery Spoil Plant Energy as Related to Crop and Land Management Breeding Grasses for Revegetation of Surface Mining Spoils in Western U.S. The Use of Acid Tolerant Native Grasses for Reclamation of Mine Tailings Seed Procurement of Native Species of Plants for Arid Land Reclamation The Use of the Plant Information Network (PIN) in High Altitude RevegetationPart V: Epilogue Alice and the Cheshire CatAuthor IndexSubject IndexAbbrevations