An Innovative Approach to Managing the Environmental Impacts of Mountaintop Coal Mining in West Virginia |
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| Authors: | Tony B. Szwilski Betsy E. Dulin James W. Hooper |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Mining Engineering Department , Middle East Technical University , Ankara, Turkey;2. Mining Engineering Department , Hacettepe University , Zonguldak, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | Mountaintop coal mining in West Virginia is facing increasing scrutiny from the community concerning its environmental impacts. These policy issues are likely to have repercussions for the future of coal mining and need to be resolved by Congress and the state legislature. Innovative regulatory policy concepts such as a ‘Green Permit’, based on a company’s development of a credible environmental management system, have the potential to resolve some of these issues. |
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