Actions Needed to Improve the Safety of Coal Mine Waste Disposal Sites
CED-77-82
Published: Sep 21, 1977. Publicly Released: Sep 21, 1977.
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About 228 million tons of coal waste were created in mining 650 million tons of coal in the United States during 1976. Disposing of such huge quantities of waste material can cause environmental problems depending on how and where the waste is dumped.
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