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Martin Co Water Testing Project

Coal Impoundment Risk Assessment

 

Final July 2002 Report 

Summary

    Since the October 2000 coal waste spill  in Martin County, KY a series of agency reports have been  produced that speak to vital aspects of impoundment safety, regulation and enforcement issues surrounding coal waste impoundments.  These other agency reports are listed below for the reader's benefit. 

Since impoundment regulations, enforcement and safety issues have been covered well in these other reports, the following report speaks less to impoundment stability and more to the after effects of the spill on the impacted community.  The social impact report on this page is a report of the impacts of the coal waste spill on community and civic life in Martin County, KY.

 

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Flex-E-Grant I

Executive Summary
Title Page
Foreward

Final Report

   

Appendices
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C1
Appendix C2
Appendix D
   

Flex-E-Grant II

ATSDR Response
ATSDR Public Meeting
Mid-term Report to ARC
Close-out Report to ARC
Editorial: Lexington Herald Leader (9/03)

 

 
  • Visit the following Reports on the Martin County Coal-Waste Spill
1. Triad Engineering, Inc. (March 2001) Subsurface Investigation Big Branch Slurry Impoundment Martin County, Kentucky. Triad Project No. C 00553 Submitted to: United States Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration.  Available online: http://www.msha.gov/impoundments/martincounty/triad.pdf
2. United States Department of Labor. Mine Safety and Health Administration Coal Mine Safety and Health. (October 17, 2001) Report of Investigation. Surface Impoundment Facility Underground Coal Mine. Non-Injury Impoundment Failure/ Mine Inundation Accident.  Available online:
http://www.msha.gov/impoundments/martincounty/martincountya.pdf
3. National Research Council. (October 2001.) Coal Waste Impoundments: Risks, Responses and Alternatives. (Prepublication Copy) Washington D.C. National Academy Press. Available online: http://www.nap.edu/books/030908251X/html/
4. United States Department of Interior. Office of Surface Mining. (March 2002). Report on October 2000 Breakthrough a t the Big Branch Slurry Impoundment. Available online: http://www.osmre.gov/martincounty030402.htm

5.  United States Environmental Protection Agency. Region 4. (October 2001). Martin County Coal Corporation, Inez, Kentucky. Taskforce Report. Pp.6-7. Available online: http://www.epa.gov/region4/martincs.pdf