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Title: Design, construction, operation and evaluation of a prototype culm combustion boiler/heater unit: site evaluation; socio-economic impact

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5535408

It has been proposed to construct a fluidized bed culm combustion boiler/heater unit in the Shamokin, Pennsylvania area. The facility would burn culm from a nearby coal mine and provide steam to an industrial user. The environmental setting of the area prior to development is described, including climatology, air quality, ecology, hydrology, wastes, noise, land use, socioeconomics, and geology and subsurface conditions. The environmental impacts of the proposed action are then evaluated as related to air quality, ecology, hydrology, wastes, noise, and socioeconomics. Measures for mitigating impacts on air quality, wastes, and noise are briefly described, and possible environmental effects that cannot be avoided are briefly enumerated. (LEW)

Research Organization:
Stone and Webster Engineering Corp., New York (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC21-78ET12307
OSTI ID:
5535408
Report Number(s):
DOE/ET/12307-1450; CW-WR-78-036.11B; ON: DE84001832
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English