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RECORD NUMBER: 73 OF 1779

Main Title Alluvial Valley Floors in East-Central Montana and Their Relation to Strippable Coal Reserves - A Reconnaissance Report.
Author Schmidt., Jack ;
CORP Author Montana Energy Advisory Council, Helena. ;Montana State Dept. of Health and Environmental Sciences, Helena. ;Montana Dept. of Natural Resources and Conservation, Helena. Water Quality Bureau.;Environmental Protection Agency, Denver, Colo. Office of Energy Activities.
Year Published 1977
Report Number EPA/908/4-77/001 ; EPA/OEA-76/1
Stock Number PB-267 280
Additional Subjects Coal mines ; Alluvium ; Montana ; Geological maps ; Hydrology ; Geological surveys ; Surface mining ; Strip mining ; Land reclamation ; Aerial photography ; Agriculture ; Farms ; Ranches ; Environmental impacts ; Government policies ; Regulations ; Legislation ;
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NTIS  PB-267 280 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 148p
Abstract
This report is the result of reconnaissance field work and air photo interpretation conducted during late summer and fall, 1976. The chief purpose of the project was the preliminary assessment of the impact of a prohibition against mining alluvial valley floors on the coal resources of portions of Dawson, Garfield, McCone, and Richland Counties, Montana. A secondary purpose was the assessment of some of the physical and land use characteristics of these areas, and their importance to the local farming and ranching economy. Field work, data compilation, and report preparation were accomplished in less than five months. Thus, it must be emphasized that the report is reconnaissance in nature. The report is no substitute for site specific field work related to a particular mining proposal, which should document ground water levels, surface and subsurface soil and water salinity, aquifer relationships, the economic importance of a particular valley floor to individual ranchers and farmers, and identify specific mining and reclamation problems.