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This report reviews the main issues of contention regarding the environmental effects of surface mineral workings on local residents, looking at the problem and then recommending methods of good practice. Alternatives to current practice are suggested and, should these prove unacceptable or unworkable, possible ways to limit the effects of surface mineral extraction. The minerals considered are coal, limestone, chalk, clay, peat, hard rock, sand and gravel.
Written by experts, this text deals with how environmental impact assessment should be carried out for specific environmental components such as air and water.
Since mining is a basic and essential industry supplying raw materials for medicines; building materials for homes, schools, hospitals, commerce, roads; fuels for heating and energy; metals for transportation (cars, aircraft and ships), machinery, communications infrastructure and other conveniences, it cannot be done away with as some extremist environmentalists would like. What would modern life be without minerals?Miners are the harvesters of the earth's fruits. To reap those fruits, the earth must be plowed up. After harvesting, the plowed fields can be reclaimed and restored to pristine, natural beauty with only temporary disturbance to the earth.Reclamation of surface mines can profitably utilise the void space for burial of society's solid wastes while restoring the mined land surfaces to their original beauty or utility. Industry and environmentalists should rejoice.
This special publication is aimed at government, planning authorities, developers, design and other consultants, and environmental groups. Its objective is to heighten awareness and encourage due consideration of environmental implications during the planning, design, construction adn operation stages of any scheme, and when considering arrangements for closure and decommissioning where relevant.