Archived: Interstate Technical Group on Abandoned Underground Mines
Fourth Biennial Abandoned Underground Mine Workshop
Abstract: North Dakota Public Service Commission Abandoned Mine Lands Division
William E. Dodd
Likely Discussion Topics:
- Overview of the North Dakota Public Service Commission, Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Division
- PSC Organization
- AML Authorization
- AML Funding
- Types of AML Problems in North Dakota
- Dangerous Highwalls
- Hazardous Spoil Piles
- Dangerous Water Bodies
- Polluted Water
- Coal Fires
- Underground Mine Subsidence
- Subsidence Control Beneath Structures and Roads
- Early Projects (1982-1990) Slurry-Fill & Daylighting
- Recent Projects (1991-2001) Pressurized Grout Remote Backfilling
- Developments and Developing Issues in Pressurized Grout Remote Backfilling
- Flyash Use and Mix Design
- Structural Surveys and Monitoring
- Partnering
- Geophysical Void Detection
- Groundwater Monitoring
- Drillhole Backfilling
- OSM Indonesia Project
- I participated in a phase of this project to suppress coal seam fires near roads and other structures in East Kalimantan, Indonesia in 1999.