Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia
Basic Information
Federal Resources
Related Information
- EPA has published a draft document, Field-Based Methods for Developing Aquatic Life Criteria for Specific Conductivity.
- Links to all EPA regulations that apply to the Mining (except Oil and Gas) Sector (NAICS 212)
Major EPA Activities that Apply to Mining other than Coal Mining in Appalachia
- Abandoned Mine Lands Program
- Enforcement of requirements for federal entities to clean up abandoned mines
- Effluent guidelines:
- NPDES requirements to control wastewater discharges from mining operations (includes information about Good Samaritan Initiative)
- Exclusion of mining and mineral processing waste from regulation under RCRA Subtitle C
- RCRA legislative and regulatory timeline for mining waste