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Title: Overview of the environmental concerns of coal transportation

Abstract

More than 30 environmental concerns were analyzed for the transportation of coal by rail, roads (trucks), high voltage transmission lines (that is, from mine-mouth generating plants to distribution networks), coal slurry pipelines, and barges. The following criteria were used to identify these problems: (1) real physical environmetal impacts for which control technologies must be developed, or regulation made effective where control technologies presently exist; (2) the level of impact is uncertain, although the potential impact may be moderate to high; (3) the concerns identified by the first two criteria are specific to or exacerbated by coal transportation. Generic transportation problems are not included. The significant environmental problems identified as a result of this study are: (1) rail transport - community traffic disruption and human health, safety, and habitat destruction; (2) coal haul roads - road degradation, traffic congestion and safety, air quality, and noise; (3) high voltage transmission lines - changed land use without local benefits, biological health and safety effects, and disruption of world weather patterns; (4) slurry pipelines - water availability, water quality, and possible spills from non-water slurry pipelines; and (5) barge transport - impacts common to all barge traffic. (DMC)

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6820795
Report Number(s):
ANL/EES-TM-99
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31-109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; COAL; TRANSPORT; LAND TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; MARITIME TRANSPORT; POWER TRANSMISSION LINES; RAIL TRANSPORT; SLURRY PIPELINES; AIR QUALITY; BARGES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; LAND USE; NOISE POLLUTION; ROADS; SAFETY; TRAFFIC CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WEATHER; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; CONTROL; ENERGY SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FOSSIL FUELS; FREIGHT PIPELINES; FUELS; HAZARDS; MATERIALS; PIPELINES; POLLUTION; RESOURCES; 010900* - Coal, Lignite, & Peat- Environmental Aspects; 500200 - Environment, Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989); 510200 - Environment, Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989); 520200 - Environment, Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989); 294001 - Energy Planning & Policy- Coal

Citation Formats

Bertram, K., Dauzvardis, P., Fradkin, L., and Surles, T. Overview of the environmental concerns of coal transportation. United States: N. p., 1980. Web. doi:10.2172/6820795.
Bertram, K., Dauzvardis, P., Fradkin, L., & Surles, T. Overview of the environmental concerns of coal transportation. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6820795
Bertram, K., Dauzvardis, P., Fradkin, L., and Surles, T. 1980. "Overview of the environmental concerns of coal transportation". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6820795. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6820795.
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author = {Bertram, K. and Dauzvardis, P. and Fradkin, L. and Surles, T.},
abstractNote = {More than 30 environmental concerns were analyzed for the transportation of coal by rail, roads (trucks), high voltage transmission lines (that is, from mine-mouth generating plants to distribution networks), coal slurry pipelines, and barges. The following criteria were used to identify these problems: (1) real physical environmetal impacts for which control technologies must be developed, or regulation made effective where control technologies presently exist; (2) the level of impact is uncertain, although the potential impact may be moderate to high; (3) the concerns identified by the first two criteria are specific to or exacerbated by coal transportation. Generic transportation problems are not included. The significant environmental problems identified as a result of this study are: (1) rail transport - community traffic disruption and human health, safety, and habitat destruction; (2) coal haul roads - road degradation, traffic congestion and safety, air quality, and noise; (3) high voltage transmission lines - changed land use without local benefits, biological health and safety effects, and disruption of world weather patterns; (4) slurry pipelines - water availability, water quality, and possible spills from non-water slurry pipelines; and (5) barge transport - impacts common to all barge traffic. (DMC)},
doi = {10.2172/6820795},
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number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1980},
month = {Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1980}
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