Hydrogeological and geotechnical procedures manual for the disposal of fly ash and FGD waste from low-rank coals in Western strip mines

Technical Report · Thu Dec 02 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6363724

Daly, D; Groenewold, G; Manz, O

The disposal of flue gas desulfurization and fly ash waste in surface mines was considered. The area of this study included Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. Landfill and ponding have traditionally been the favored disposal modes for these wastes. However, by spring of 1983, nine western mine mouth power plants over a five state area (North Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas) will be disposing of flyash or a mixture of flyash and flue gas desulfurization (FGD) waste in surface coal mines. A summary is provided of the current regulatory framework, FGD equipped power plant characteristics, and surface coal mine waste disposal site operations within the study area. Second, it is to provide a set of guidelines based on geologic and hydrologic criteria, for use in establishing flue gas cleaning waste disposal sites in surface mines.

• Research Organization: North Dakota Univ., Grand Forks (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AB18-80FC10120
• OSTI ID: 6363724
• Report Number(s): DOE/FC/10120-T11; ON: DE83011387
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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