Excess spoil

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-010260",
  "term": "Excess spoil",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Excess Spoil",
  "definition": "1. Overburden material that is disposed of in a location other than the mine pit.\n\n2. Spoil in excess of that necessary to backfill and grade affected areas to the approximate original contour. The term may include box-cut spoil where it has been demonstrated for the duration of the mining operation, that the box-cut spoil is not needed to restore the approximate original contour.",
  "subject": "Environmental events",
  "references": [
    "30 CFR 701.5 (CFR 2013); EPA Mountaintop Mining Valley Fills Draft Environmental Impact Statement Glossary at http://www.epa.gov/region3/mtntop/pdf/VIII_Glossary.pdf",
    "EPA Mountaintop Mining Valley Fills Draft Environmental Impact Statement Glossary at http://www.epa.gov/region3/mtntop/pdf/VIII_Glossary.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/excess-spoil/"
}