Cost impact of discretionary alternatives. OSM Permanent Regulations 30 CFR, Chapter 7. Volume 2. Surface mining issues. Final report

Technical Report · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6676152

Volume II of the report presents the analysis of each of the discretionary issues and alternatives which were considered in detail in assessing the economic impact of compliance costs. To develop the incremental costs associated with compliance, each alternative considered was analyzed in detail relative to the requirements which would be imposed on each model mine. Of the 41 discretionary issues originally defined by OSM for the study, all of them were not considered in detail for surface mining. As discussed in Volume I, some of the issues were judged to lead to insignificant compliance costs while others are applicable only to underground mines. The descriptions of the model surface mines given in Volume I are repeated in Chapter 2.0 of the volume. The analyses of each issue are given in Chapter 3.0. For completeness, all issues are discussed in Chapter 3.0 even though each issue is not considered in detail. Where issues apply to underground mines, it is so noted with reference to Volume III where the detailed analyses of underground mining issues are discussed.

• Research Organization: D'Appolonia Consulting Engineers, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6676152
• Report Number(s): PB-90-240326/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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