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HERO ID

1396205

Reference Type

Technical Report

Title

Assessment of Water Quality Impacts Associated with Use of Coal Combustion Products as Structural Fill at the BBSS Site

Author(s)

Erbe, MW; Aeiker, DM; Keating, RW

Year

2007

Report Number

NTIS/02770174_a

Volume

GRA and I

Issue

GRA and I

Abstract

The benefits of using Coal Combustion Products (CCPs) as structural fill to reclaim surface mines have been debated by the power production industry, regulators and the general public since the early 1980s. The placement of CCPs in surface mines is a high volume use of the material and, with proper placement as structural fill, this use of CCPs allows the reclamation of land for redevelopment that otherwise would not be available for productive land use. However, without proper design and management of the CCPs during placement in the mine pits, detrimental impacts to the local ground water system can occur.

Keywords

Water quality; *Water pollution control; *Coal; *Combustion products; Soils; Ground water; Hydrogeology; Leachates; Fly ash; Mining; Metals; Environmental impacts; Power plant siting program; Maryland; Land reclamation; Waste disposal; Sulfates; Thallium; Manganese; Acid mine drainage; Arsenic; Cadmium; Monitoring wells; Structural fill