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Topsoil Removal and Storage -Pre-Stripping
Coal Processing Waste Disposal
All operation plans need to include details about where the coal is going to be stockpiled, as well as what kind of cleaning and processing is going to be taking place. The waste that is produced from the coal cleaning process can be a probable acid forming and harmful to plant life. The material needs to be correctly treated or sheltered with an appropriate layer of nontoxic, noncombustible dirt material, so that it works to neutralize and avoids the making of acid water. Toxic materials need to be placed in areas of the mine where contact with surface and groundwater is reduced as much as possible.