Prevention and remediation of longwall subsidence damage in Germany and the United Kingdom in comparison to the United States
Conference
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OSTI ID:143749
- Sowash, Carson & Shostak, Athens, OH (United States)
Because of significant differences in rate of face advance, operational experience, stratigraphy, structural geology, depth of operation, surface topography, history, mineral ownership, laws and regulations, surface land use, culture, economics, and other matters, it is difficult to directly compare the performance of the European versus US coal industries and governments in preventing, remediating, and compensating for subsidence damage from longwall coal mining. But the European experience offers valuable lessons on regulatory policy, prediction techniques, subsidence damage prevention technology, and policies of repair of and/or compensation for the damage caused by longwall mining. US government and industry can adapt or adopt some European practices. The more valuable include: (a) adopting a rebuttable presumption that mining causes damage within an agreed-upon area above each panel; (b) creating an arbitration system for dispute resolution; (c) requiring mining engineers to undergo government training on the requirements of the regulations; (d) requiring slow steady face advance under fragile surface features; (e) developing scientifically valid databases on subsidence damages for use in prediction; (f) surveying the surface at regular intervals from publicly accessible control points and making the surveys available to the public; (g) informing surface owners and occupants completely and accurately of their rights; and, (h) notifying them when mining has ended as well as before it begins.
- OSTI ID:
- 143749
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-930646--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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