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Soil Amendments

Coproducts and Beneficial Use at Mine Sites

Biosolids

PA DEP Links for Biosolids

Biosolids - EPA

Mine Reclamation - Water quality research on mined lands reclaimed using biosolids

USING BIOSOLIDS FOR RECLAMATION/REMEDIATION OF DISTURBED SOILS By: Sally Brown and Chuck Henry University of Washington

Agronomy Fact Sheets Environmental Soil Issues Department of Crop and Soil Sciences - Cooperative Extension

Acid Mine Drainage: Innovative Treatment Technologies Prepared by Christine Costello, National Network of Environmental Management Studies Fellow for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  See section on Biosolids

CFB Combustion Ash

Fossil Fuels Combustion page on EPA website.  Contains many links.

COAL ASH AND DREDGE SEDIMENT IN MINE RECLAMATION    PA DEP fact Sheet

Water Quality Effects of Beneficial CCBs Use at Coal Mines Paul F. Ziemkiewicz and D.C. Black, National Mine Land Reclamation Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

The Use of FBC Flyash for Alkaline Addition at Surface Coal Mines  Joe Schueck et al

Beneficial Use of Coal Ash in Anthracite and Bituminous Mine Reclamation and Mine Drainage Pollution Abatement in Pennsylvania by  Barry E. Scheetz, Pennsylvania State University; Michael J. Menghini, Roger J. Hornberger, Thomas D. Owen, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection - District Mining Operations;  Joseph Schueck, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection - Bureau of Mining and Reclamation

U.S. EPA Site Visit Report Coal Combustion Waste Minefill Management Practices - Pennsylvania - Draft Final March 19, 2003

GUIDELINES AVAILABLE FOR THE USE OF COAL ASH PA DEP Update

Coal Ash Generators Given Statewide Certification For Beneficial Use  PA - DEP UPDATE MARCH 5, 1999

Brief overview of beneficial uses of combustion ash and legal authority to use it

PENNSYLVANIA'S REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF COAL COMBUSTION ASH AT COAL MINING OPERATIONS by Nevin Strock Chief Surface Mine Permit Section Bureau of Mining and Reclamation Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Coal Fly Ash Report by the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee

Minefill Practices for Power Plant Wastes by Charles H. Norris, Geo-Hydro, Inc.