More than 30 environmental concerns were analyzed for the transportation of coal by rail, roads (trucks), high voltage transmission lines (that is, from mine-mouth generating plants to distribution networks), coal slurry pipelines, and barges. The following criteria were used to identify these problems: (1) real physical environmetal impacts for which control technologies must be developed, or regulation made effective where control technologies presently exist; (2) the level of impact is uncertain, although the potential impact may be moderate to high; (3) the concerns identified by the first two criteria are specific to or exacerbated by coal transportation. Generic transportation problems are not included. The significant environmental problems identified as a result of this study are: (1) rail transport - community traffic disruption and human health, safety, and habitat destruction; (2) coal haul roads - road degradation, traffic congestion and safety, air quality, and noise; (3) high voltage transmission lines - changed land use without local benefits, biological health and safety effects, and disruption of world weather patterns; (4) slurry pipelines - water availability, water quality, and possible spills from non-water slurry pipelines; and (5) barge transport - impacts common to all barge traffic. (ERA citation 05:037549)
Overview of the Environmental Concerns of Coal Transportation
1980
75 pages
Report
No indication
English
Environmental Pollution & Control , Transportation , Fuels , Coal , Land transport , Maritime transport , Power transmission lines , Rail transport , Slurry pipelines , Air quality , Barges , Electromagnetic fields , Environmental impacts , Health hazards , Land use , Noise pollution , Roads , Safety , Traffic control , Transport , Water quality , Water resources , Weather , ERDA/010900 , ERDA/500200 , ERDA/510200 , ERDA/520200 , ERDA/294001
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