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Mountaintop Coal Mine

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-017858

Mountaintop coal mine is a surface mine involving the removal of mountaintops to expose coal seams, and disposing of the associated mining overburden in adjacent valleys -- "valley fills"

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-017858
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesEPA Surface Coal Mining Activities under Clean Water Act Section 404 at http://www.epa.gov/region3/mtntop/#what
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-017858",
  "term": "Mountaintop Coal Mine",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Mountaintop coal mine is a surface mine involving the removal of mountaintops to expose coal seams, and disposing of the associated mining overburden in adjacent valleys -- \"valley fills\"",
  "references": [
    "EPA Surface Coal Mining Activities under Clean Water Act Section 404 at http://www.epa.gov/region3/mtntop/#what"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/mountaintop-coal-mine/"
}

Record 17,858 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.