<p>The Manual represents guidance for designers, coal operators, and regulators to meet the requirements of 30 C.F.R. 77.216(a) in designing, constructing, and maintaining dams at coal mines. The guidance provides information and suggested methods and procedures ...

In this paper a dynamic analysis procedure which captures the element data observed in cyclic tests and verified by comparison with model tests and field experience, is applied to Mochikoshi dam. Based on such analyses, implications for design of impoundment ...

This guide describes some engineering practices and methods generally considered satisfactory for the design, construction, and inspection of earth and rockfill embankments used for retaining uranium mill tailings.

<p>Coal mining processes result in two general types of by-products: coarse coal refuse (CCR), a mixture of soil and rock commonly used to construct an impoundment coal refuse dam or embankment, and fine coal refuse (FCR) slurry, a mixture of soil, rock dust, ...