Analysis of the Fugitive Dust Problem Associated with the Surface Mining of Iowa Coal

摘要

The overall objective of this research for the Iowa Coal Project (ICP) was to determine air quality problems associated with the mining, handling and transportation of coal in Iowa using demonstration mine #1 as a case study. Specific objectives were to determine the impact of poor air quality on the environments of both the individual miner and other residents who live in areas affected by the mining, handling and transportation of coal, and to determine the meteorological factors which are highly conducive to poor environmental air quality in the mine itself and in other affected environments. The reason for undertaking the work is that the Iowa Coal Project was an environmentally oriented research endeavor concerning itself with the develop¬ment of up-to-date mining practices in Iowa and its concern with the environ¬mental impacts associated with all phases of the mining operation. Air quality problems associated with surface mining are common, but little had been done in researching these relationships with the meteorological environment associated with a surface mining operation.