Low levels of hazardous air pollutants in coal from the Pocahontas coal field, Virginia and West Virginia

Conference · Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1994 · Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States)

OSTI ID:6801334

Oman, C L; Finkelman, R B ^[1]

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1. Geological Survey, Reston, VA (United States)

The 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act may result in regulations limiting the amount of hazardous air pollutants (HAPS) emitted from coal-burning powerplants. Trace element data on 88 coal channel samples from producing beds (Pocahontas 3, 4, 6, and 8) in the Pocahontas coal field in Virginia and West Virginia indicate that, on a grams per million Btu as-received basis, these low-volatile bituminous coal beds have relatively low HAPS contents, except for Be and Co. Within the Pocahontas field, the Pocahontas 4 coal bed has the lowest mean values from Be, Cd, Co, Cr, Hg, and Pb. The Pocahontas 8 coal bed has the lowest means for As, Hg, and Se and the Pocahontas 6 coal beds has the lowest mean for Mn.

• OSTI ID: 6801334
• Report Number(s): CONF-9404221-; CODEN: GAAPBC
• Journal Information: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States), Vol. 26:4; Conference: 43. annual meeting of the Southeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, Blacksburg, VA (United States), 7-8 Apr 1994; ISSN 0016-7592
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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