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Mountaintop Mining Building a New West Virginia West Virginia Coal Association Presentation March 11, 2009

Coal Production in United States

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Mountaintop Mining ,[object Object],A Diagrammatic Overview of the Process: Courtesy of the Environmental Protection Agency. www.epa.gov/region3/mtntop/process.html. Step 1. Layers of rock and dirt above the coal (called overburden) are removed Step 2. The upper seams of coal are removed with spoils placed in an adjacent valley Step 3. Draglines excavate lower layers of coal with spoils placed in spoil piles Step 4. Regrading begins as coal excavation continues Step 5. Once coal removal is complete, final regrading takes place and the area is revegetated

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RESTORATION The Facts in Photos

Surface Mining The Facts in Photos What you always see. Active MTR and Contour Mining

Surface Mining The Facts in Photos The second phase is “revegetation”

Surface Mining The Facts in Photos Early Phase 3 reclamation – “reforestation”

Surface Mining The Facts in Photos Mid- to late- Phase 3 Restoration

Surface Mining The Facts in Photos Constructed water features enhance post-mining wildlife

Surface Mining The Facts in Photos Another shot of the naturalization of the land

Surface Mining The Facts in Photos Pre- and post-mining appearance of the land

Alternate Post-Mining Land Use … and now, the rest of the story

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Alternate Post-Mining Land Use The Rest of the Story Former surface mines can provide the flat land so essential to industrial and community development

Alternate Post-Mining Land Use The Rest of the Story Logan Airport is built on former surface mine lands and provides access to the area.

Alternate Post-Mining Land Use The Rest of the Story Post-mined land can also be used for commercial agriculture, such as this vineyard and commercial nursery

Alternate Post-Mining Land Use The Rest of the Story The FBI Center in Fairmont is built on a former surface mine site. It provides jobs for hundreds and served as a development springboard for the area

Alternate Post-Mining Land Use The Rest of the Story The Twisted Gun Golf Course near Logan is an 18-hole gem that provide British-style play. It is on a former mountaintop removal site.

Alternate Post-Mining Land Use The Rest of the Story A shopping mall in Bridgeport shows the wide range of development made possible across the state by the cooperation of mining and local planners.

Alternate Post-Mining Land Use The Rest of the Story Former mine lands provide sites for everything from hospitals to industrial plants, golf courses to schools and anything in between.

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