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Brushy Fork Slurry Impoundment Report Is a coal slurry impoundment disaster coming to a community near you?
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Brushy Fork Sludge Impoundment
Summer Solstice Sludge Tour (page 2)
Coarse waste rock is used to construct the dam. At Brushy Fork over 8
million tons of waste rock were generated in 2000, to produce less
than 8 million tons of coal (per Paul McCombs, Marfork engineer in
charge).
Waste rock conveyor belt junction.
Conveyor belts bring waste rock up to the top of the dam crest, where
it spills into stockpiles. Dozers then take the waste rock, spread,
and (supposedly) compact it in uniform 2-foot lifts
(layers).
Preparing for compaction of waste rock in the dam, where ,of
course, dozers will meticulously compact the waste rock in uniform 2
-foot lifts (layers).
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