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There are over one half million abandoned mines in the United States. Abandoned coal- mines cause severe environmental problems - primarily acid mine drainage - and are the number one cause of water pollution in every Appalachian coal-mining state, including Pennsylvania.

In 1995, the Clean Ocean And Shore Trust and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection initiated a project to demonstrate the use of dredged material, amended with coal fly ash, to form a soil cement used to restore these abandoned mine lands.

Click on the icons below to read about the basic concept, view papers and presentations given by COAST on this project, and read related newspaper articles.
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It shall be the duty of the Committee to:
.....Recommend and initiate special studies or
research, as it deems necessary, to generate the
data required to make the assessments and provide
the recommendations required by this act
N.J. P.L.1993,c.57,s.3,f.

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Using Dredged Material
"The Bark Camp Mine Reclamation Project"

 

 























 

 

 





 

 


Bark Camp
Demonstration Project:
Bark Camp Final Report Page

3D Digital Flyover

National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs (NAAMLP)

COAST's Presentation and Paper at 2002 NAAMLP conference in Utah
Paper presented by COAST at 2001 NAAMLP conference in Ohio


Technical Considerations in Comparing Costs of Dredging Projects

Dredging Project Cost Factors

PowerPoint Presentations:
The Problem of Abandoned Mine Lands

Dredged Material and Abandoned Mine Reclamation

Pennsylvania DEP:
Bark Camp Home Page

PA DEP response to "Preliminary Thoughts on Bark Camp" Document

Clean Earth Dredging Technologies Inc. (CTI)


News Articles:
Stories in the press relating to abandoned mine reclamation with dredged materials

 

National Applications:
Feasibility Analysis of Abandoned Mine Reclamation Projects in the US

 

Deep Coal:
3-D illustration of the dynamics of deep mining and Acid Mine Drainage



COAST Report:
Prioritizing Abandoned Coal Mine Reclamation Projects Within the Contiguous United States Using Geographic Information System Extrapolation

 

NOAA Report on Dredging Policies:
National Coastal Dredging Policies: An Analysis of State, Territory, & Commonwealth Policies Related to Dredging and Dredged Material Management, Part 1 of 2, April 2002

 

NY/NJ Clean Ocean and Shore Trust