Effluent Guidelines

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Coal Mining

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Section 1: Introduction
- Remining Program History
- Pennsylvania DEP Remining Permitting Procedures
- IMCC Evaluation of State Remining Programs
Section 2: Characterization of Coal Mine Drainage Discharges
- Impact of Stream Flow Variation on Water Quality Parameters
- AMD Discharge Types and their Behavior
- Distributional Properties of AMD Discharges
Section 3: Statistical Methodology for Establishing Baseline Conditions and Setting Discharge Limits at Remining Sites
- Objectives, Statistical Principles, and Issues
- Statistical Procedures for Calculating Limits from Baseline Data
- Statistical Characterization of Coal Mine Discharge Loadings
- Predictions Models for BMP Design and Implementation
Section 4: Baseline Sampling Duration and Frequency
- Power and Sample Size
- Sampling Plan
Section 5: Long-term Monitoring Case Studies
- Comparison of Seven Long-term Water Quality Data Sets
- Effects of Natural Seasonal Variations and Mining Induced Changes in Long-term Monitoring Data
- Case Studies
- Conclusions
Appendix A: Example Calculation of Statistical Methods Performed in BMP Analysis