Mining Regulations and Mine Reclamation

a law that set standards to minimize the surface effects of coal mining on the  environment

• dumps

• bond

• acid mine drainage

• Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977

• Comprehensive Response Compensation and Liability Act

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

contaminated water that results when acid dissolves toxic minerals remaining in mines and in excess rocks

• dumps

• bond

• acid mine drainage

• Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977

• Comprehensive Response Compensation and Liability Act

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

large piles of excess rock from mines

• dumps

• bond

• acid mine drainage

• Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977

• Comprehensive Response Compensation and Liability Act

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

an act passed by the US Congress that identified uncontrolled and abandoned sites severely contaminated by releases of toxic and hazardous materials and that provided for assignment of responsibility and funding for cleanup and restoration of these sites to mandated levels

• dumps

• bond

• acid mine drainage

• Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977

• Comprehensive Response Compensation and Liability Act

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

funds posted before a mining project begins

• dumps

• bond

• acid mine drainage

• Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977

• Comprehensive Response Compensation and Liability Act

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

Subsidence can result from the collapse of

• unattended quarries.

• pillars in abandoned mines.  

• rocks that once held minerals.

• placer deposits.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which of the following is a water contaminant that can cause acid mine drainage?

• flux

• carbon dioxide    

• methane

• sulfuric acid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Surface mining can cause

• only air pollution.

• only noise pollution.  

• both air and noise pollution.

• neither air nor noise pollution.

Which of the following is not a regulation mining companies must follow?

• the Clean Water Act

• the Hazardous Products Act

• the Safe Drinking Water Act

• the Endangered Species Act

What can contaminate a river as a result of dredging?

• potash

• seawater

• placer deposits

• muddy sediments that release hazardous materials