Coal mine reclamation, acid mine drainage, and the clean water act

Reclamation of Drastically Disturbed Lands

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 169-191

  Zipper, Carl E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Active coal mines; Clean water act; Coal mine reclamation; National pollutant discharge elimination system; Performance bond; Permit blocking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85104278518     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr41.c7     Document Type: Chapter

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