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Copyright© Geo/Environmental Associates, Inc. 1995 through 2008
COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL FACILITY SEMINAR
DRAFT MSHA
DESIGN MANUAL
Embassy
Suites Charleston, 300 Court Street Charleston, WV 25301
April 8 and 9th,
2008
Welcome to the online home of Geo/Environmental Associates, Inc. (GA). GA provides geotechnical, environmental, and civil engineering, geology, CADD, and soil testing services to industrial and mining clients.
The staff of GA specialize in the design of dams, waste disposal impoundments, landslide repairs, retaining structures, ground improvements, environmental assessments, environmental remediation, landfill services, and foundation design.
Reclaimed surface mine land
Sand Hollow Lake and Campground
APPLY FOR OPEN POSITIONS
Opinion
articles from
"Perspective" section of
The Knoxville News Sentinel
22 January 2006
Mining Coal:
How important
is it?
Articles in the news
from our President:
Frivolous lawsuits spur
clarification of
mining buffer-zone rule
Do we even need coal
now that we
have electricity?
GA President
Barry K. Thacker, PE,
receives
Sixty-first
Hoover Medalist
New York
Hoover Medal Board
of Award
VOLUNTEER EFFORTS
GA personnel support the Coal Creek Watershed Foundation, Inc. (CCWF).
CCWF was organized to obtain federal grant money from the Office of Surface
Mining (OSM) to reclaim abandoned mined lands and improve the quality of
life in the Coal Creek watershed in Anderson County, Tennessee. The
effort has grown to include much more. Visit
www.coalcreekaml.com for more details.
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Aerial view of the
Meigs Slurry Impoundment
Click on image for project description
Building
columns and soilnail -- shotcrete excavation support prior to
stabilization.
Click on image for description
Remediation of underground
EPA Superfund site
Click on image for description
Published Technical Papers
on
Modified Upstream Construction (MUSC)
and Simplified Seismic Stability
Assessment Methods
(ADOBE PDF FORMAT):
LIQUEFACTION MITIGATION PROCEDURES
FOR COAL REFUSE DAMS BUILT BY
THE MODIFIED UPSTREAM METHOD
GA
supports reauthorization of the
AML Trust Fund.
See comments
made by
Carol Moore on May 3,
2005 at the
National Press Club in Washington
Geo/Environmental Associates, Inc. is a member of Kentucky
Coal Association,
Virginia Coal Association, American Society of Civil
Engineers,
and ASFE among other groups.
Geo/Environmental Associates participates in the Green
Power Switch the Tennessee Valley’s new green power initiative,
which uses sunlight, wind, and landfill gas to produce electric power.
At TVA's current rate of construction, Green Power Switch will replace
coal in about 200 years when our nation's coal supplies are depleted.