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Showing posts with label ADEM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ADEM. Show all posts
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Alabama Environmental Management Commission Punts.
As reported in the Birmingham News:
The Alabama Environmental Management Commission this morning told an administrative law judge to conduct further hearings on a water discharge permit for the proposed 1,773-acre Shepherd Bend coal strip mine.
The mine is near a major Birmingham Water Works intake on the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River.
Black Warrior Riverkeeper Inc. had appealed the Alabama Department of Environmental Management's decision to grant the permit, arguing the operation would harm water quality.
The commission oversees ADEM.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Blount County Audience Voices Strong Reservations Over Proposed Return of Coal Mining
Browse through the full story here.
A Canadian company called MCoal has applied to the Alabama Surface Mining Commission for an initial permit that covers 564 acres.
The company has applied to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management for a wider permit covering 3,522 acres and company officials say that future phases of their mining of the Rosa Coal seam could include underground mining.
While the current permit will not allow blasting and includes only augur mining, residents expect future phases will.
MCoal plans to hire 25 to 30 local employees and hopes to recover a total of 5 million tons over the next several years. The Rosa Coal seam is known to produce metallurgical coal, which is particularly valuable because it can be cooked into coke which is used to make steel.
The rising price of coal has sparked a renewed interest in mining deposits that had not been considered economically feasible.
A Canadian company called MCoal has applied to the Alabama Surface Mining Commission for an initial permit that covers 564 acres.
The company has applied to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management for a wider permit covering 3,522 acres and company officials say that future phases of their mining of the Rosa Coal seam could include underground mining.
While the current permit will not allow blasting and includes only augur mining, residents expect future phases will.
MCoal plans to hire 25 to 30 local employees and hopes to recover a total of 5 million tons over the next several years. The Rosa Coal seam is known to produce metallurgical coal, which is particularly valuable because it can be cooked into coke which is used to make steel.
The rising price of coal has sparked a renewed interest in mining deposits that had not been considered economically feasible.
Friday, August 14, 2009
From ADEM's Website.
Drinking Water
General Information
The ADEM Drinking Water Branch works closely with the more than 700 water systems in Alabama that provide safe drinking water to 4 million citizens. Each month the bacteriological quality of the drinking water being provided is tested by the individual systems with the results submitted to ADEM for review and approval. Both quarterly and annually certain chemical contaminants are analyzed to ensure that the drinking water meets all established drinking water standards. Routinely, water systems in Alabama maintain a high compliance rate with drinking water standards of approximately 94%.
The excellent quality of drinking water and a high compliance rate of public drinking water systems can be attributed to numerous factors including mandatory operator certification that requires adequately trained operators to treat the drinking water, properly constructed and maintained drinking water treatment facilities that can only be constructed with a permit from ADEM, and a high quality of both surface water and ground water that is protected through numerous activities of the Department including the Wellhead Protection Program and the NPDES Discharge Permit Program. The Drinking Water Branch annually reviews more than 150 sets of plans and specifications for water construction projects, performs final inspections, and also provides annual inspections of all public water systems. (Technical assistance is also provided to managers and operators regarding new and proposed drinking water requirements.)
ADEM annually provides a compliance report listing all water system violations that have occurred. In addition, water systems are required to provide an Annual Consumer Confidence Report to its customers no later than July 1 each year, providing information on contaminants that have been detected in the drinking water, status of source water assessments, source of drinking water and treatment processes, and general information regarding board meeting dates and locations. All systems with drinking water sources have recently completed or will soon complete an assessment of contaminant activities which may impact drinking water quality. Upon completion of Source Water assessments by water systems, public meetings will be held to provide information to their consumers regarding the potential for contamination of their drinking water sources and identifying what steps are being taken to protect their drinking water sources.
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Alabama Department of Environmental Management
NPDES Discharge Permit
Alabama Coal Mines
General Information
The ADEM Drinking Water Branch works closely with the more than 700 water systems in Alabama that provide safe drinking water to 4 million citizens. Each month the bacteriological quality of the drinking water being provided is tested by the individual systems with the results submitted to ADEM for review and approval. Both quarterly and annually certain chemical contaminants are analyzed to ensure that the drinking water meets all established drinking water standards. Routinely, water systems in Alabama maintain a high compliance rate with drinking water standards of approximately 94%.
The excellent quality of drinking water and a high compliance rate of public drinking water systems can be attributed to numerous factors including mandatory operator certification that requires adequately trained operators to treat the drinking water, properly constructed and maintained drinking water treatment facilities that can only be constructed with a permit from ADEM, and a high quality of both surface water and ground water that is protected through numerous activities of the Department including the Wellhead Protection Program and the NPDES Discharge Permit Program. The Drinking Water Branch annually reviews more than 150 sets of plans and specifications for water construction projects, performs final inspections, and also provides annual inspections of all public water systems. (Technical assistance is also provided to managers and operators regarding new and proposed drinking water requirements.)
ADEM annually provides a compliance report listing all water system violations that have occurred. In addition, water systems are required to provide an Annual Consumer Confidence Report to its customers no later than July 1 each year, providing information on contaminants that have been detected in the drinking water, status of source water assessments, source of drinking water and treatment processes, and general information regarding board meeting dates and locations. All systems with drinking water sources have recently completed or will soon complete an assessment of contaminant activities which may impact drinking water quality. Upon completion of Source Water assessments by water systems, public meetings will be held to provide information to their consumers regarding the potential for contamination of their drinking water sources and identifying what steps are being taken to protect their drinking water sources.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
NovaDX Ventures Corp.: MCoal Corporation Files Rosa Coal Mine Permit Application
Full Story Here.
Neil MacDonald, CEO of NovaDX, commented that, "MCoal has met a significant milestone in the development of the Rosa Coal Project. Together with permit applications we have pending with the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and the Army Corps of Engineers, this milestone completes our permitting applications required for the Rosa Coal Project.
In January 2009 MCoal conducted a successful test mine of the Rosa deposit extracting 250 tons using a triple auger. The knowledge gained from the test mine has provided management with the insight to develop its detailed mine operating plans. The Rosa Coal Project can be operated 12 months per year and is located in a coal mining area, with well-developed infrastructure, services and skilled labour available in the area.
Metallurgical coal, also known as coking coal, supplies the carbon used in the making of steel from iron ore. Rosa coal is a very high quality coking coal used primarily for blending with other metallurgical coal to improve their quality for making coke. Additional uses for Rosa coal include specialty industrial applications such as activated carbon for water filtration, carbon fiber and carbon lubricants. Similar grades of metallurgical coal to the Rosa coal currently sell in Alabama for between US$130 and US$140 per ton. Alabama is a major coal producing state, located on the southern-most portion of the Appalachian Coal belt. Alabama produced over 20 million tons of coal in 2008.
MCoal Corporation's long term plans are to develop several metallurgical coal mines in the Appalachian region.
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Neil MacDonald, CEO of NovaDX, commented that, "MCoal has met a significant milestone in the development of the Rosa Coal Project. Together with permit applications we have pending with the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and the Army Corps of Engineers, this milestone completes our permitting applications required for the Rosa Coal Project.
In January 2009 MCoal conducted a successful test mine of the Rosa deposit extracting 250 tons using a triple auger. The knowledge gained from the test mine has provided management with the insight to develop its detailed mine operating plans. The Rosa Coal Project can be operated 12 months per year and is located in a coal mining area, with well-developed infrastructure, services and skilled labour available in the area.
Metallurgical coal, also known as coking coal, supplies the carbon used in the making of steel from iron ore. Rosa coal is a very high quality coking coal used primarily for blending with other metallurgical coal to improve their quality for making coke. Additional uses for Rosa coal include specialty industrial applications such as activated carbon for water filtration, carbon fiber and carbon lubricants. Similar grades of metallurgical coal to the Rosa coal currently sell in Alabama for between US$130 and US$140 per ton. Alabama is a major coal producing state, located on the southern-most portion of the Appalachian Coal belt. Alabama produced over 20 million tons of coal in 2008.
MCoal Corporation's long term plans are to develop several metallurgical coal mines in the Appalachian region.
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