Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Washington County, Pennsylvania (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Washington County, Pennsylvania

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking-coal reserves of Washington County, Pennsylvania. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: February 1955
Creator: Wallace, Joseph J.; Dowd, James J.; Provost, John M.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Baseline Risk Assessment of Ground Water Contamination at the Uranium Mill Tailings Site Near Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (open access)

Baseline Risk Assessment of Ground Water Contamination at the Uranium Mill Tailings Site Near Canonsburg, Pennsylvania

This baseline risk assessment evaluates potential impacts to public health and the environment resulting from ground water contamination from past activities at the former uranium processing site in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. The US Department of Energy Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project has placed contaminated material from this site in an on-site disposal cell. Currently, the UMTRA Project is evaluating ground water contamination. This risk assessment is the first document specific to this site for the UMTRA Ground Water Project. Currently, no domestic or drinking water well tap into contaminated ground water of the two distinct ground water units: the unconsolidated materials and the bedrock. Because there is no access, no current health or environmental risks are associated with the direct use of the contaminated ground water. However, humans and ecological organisms could be exposed to contaminated ground water if a domestic well were to be installed in the unconsolidated materials in that part of the site being considered for public use (Area C). The first step is evaluating ground water data collected from monitor wells at the site. For the Canonsburg site, this evaluation showed the contaminants in ground water exceeding background in the unconsolidated materials in Area C …
Date: September 1994
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Slope and Bank Erosional Stability of the Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, UMTRA Disposal Site (open access)

Slope and Bank Erosional Stability of the Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, UMTRA Disposal Site

This report was prepared in response to US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) comments received in a letter of 8 March 1994. This letter included discussions of the US Department of Energy (DOE) 21 May 1993 geomorphic report for the Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, site. To clarify the NRC`s position, a DOE/NRC conference call was held on 12 April 1994. The NRC clarified that it did not require a preliminary erosion protection design for the Canonsburg site, but directed the DOE to address a ``one-bad-year`` scenario. The NRC wants confirmation that one bad year of stream flooding and landsliding will not release residual radioactive material (RRM) from the Canonsburg site into the creek. The NRC is concerned that a bad year theoretically could occur between postcell-closure inspections. These annual inspections are conducted in September or October. The NRC suggested that the following procedures should be conducted in this analysis: a flooding analysis, including the maximum saturation levels (flood water elevations) anticipated during a 100-year flood; a stream bank erosion analysis to determine how much of the bank adjacent to the site may be removed in a bad year; a slope stability analysis to determine how far back the site would be disturbed by …
Date: December 1994
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
UMTRA Project Water Sampling and Analysis Plan: Canonsburg and Burrell, Pennsylvania (open access)

UMTRA Project Water Sampling and Analysis Plan: Canonsburg and Burrell, Pennsylvania

Surface remedial action was completed at the Canonsburg and Burrell UMTRA Project sites in southwestern Pennsylvania in 1985 and 1987, respectively. Results of 1993 water sampling indicate ground water flow conditions and ground water quality at both sites have remained relatively consistent with time. Uranium concentrations in ground water continue to exceed the maximum concentration limit (MCL) at the Canonsburg site; no MCLs are exceeded in ground water at the Burrell site. Surface water quality shows no evidence of impact from the sites.
Date: March 1994
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
High-Sulfur Pittsburgh Coal: Upgrading in Southwestern Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia (open access)

High-Sulfur Pittsburgh Coal: Upgrading in Southwestern Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia

From Summary and Conclusions: "This report deals with upgrading to metal-lurgical standards of large reserves of high-sulfur Pittsburgh coal remaining in southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia."
Date: 1950
Creator: Fraser, Thomas; Crentz, W. L. & Bailey, A. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910: Part 1. -- Analyses (open access)

Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910: Part 1. -- Analyses

From Significance and value of Analyses of Coal: "The analyses published in this report cover samples of coal collected in many different parts of the country with unusual care by experiences men, in such manner as to make them representative of extensive beds of coal."
Date: 1913
Creator: Lord, N. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples (open access)

Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples

From Introduction: "This volume contains the descriptions of the samples whose analyses are published in the preceding volume, Part I of this bulletin. The descriptions have been compiled from the notebooks of the persons who collected the samples, have been condensed from accounts given in published reports of the United States Geological Survey, or have furnished by the collection themselves. Inasmuch as the descriptions represent the work of many persons during a period of six years, and inasmuch as they were recorded under widely differing conditions, they necessarily vary in fullness detail."
Date: 1913
Creator: Lord, N. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Washing Characteristics of the Pittsburgh Coal in a High-Sulfur Area in Greene County, Pennsylvania (open access)

Washing Characteristics of the Pittsburgh Coal in a High-Sulfur Area in Greene County, Pennsylvania

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over characteristics of Pittsburgh-seam coal in Greene County, Pennsylvania. The characteristics and locations of the coal are presented and discussed. This paper includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1946
Creator: Fraser, Thomas & Crentz, William L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transportation of Gasoline by Pipe Line (open access)

Transportation of Gasoline by Pipe Line

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over transportation of motor gasoline by pipe line. The locations and designs of the pipe lines are discussed. This paper includes tables, maps, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: 1932
Creator: Bowie, C. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library