Degasification System

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007526",
  "term": "Degasification System",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Surface pre-mining, horizontal pre-mining, and post-mining systems.\n\n2. Entirety of the equipment that is used to drain gas from underground and collect it at a common point, such as a vacuum pumping station. This includes all degasification wells and gob gas vent holes at the underground coal mine.\n\n3. Methods employed for removing methane from a coal seam that could not otherwise be removed by standard ventilation fans and thus would pose a substantial hazard to coal miners. These systems may be used prior to mining or during mining activities.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 98.6 (CFR 2013)",
    "DOE Energy Information Administration Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/degasification-system/"
}