Mining

Penn E&R professionals have years of experience assisting the coal and non-coal mining industry with engineering, geotechnical, and environmental needs.  Our team has extensive experience with mine related permitting, engineering design, construction oversight and certification, investigation/ characterization, and corrective action activities.  We provide a full range of services to coal and non-coal mining companies in the eastern U.S, including:

  • Underground Mine Permitting – New Mine Plans and Existing Mine Expansion Plans
  • Associated Surface Activity Site Permitting and Design including NPDES Discharges
  • Erosion and Sedimentation Controls Plans for Temporary Surface Mining Activities
  • Stream and Wetland Encroachment Permitting
  • Engineering and Environmental Compliance Audits
  • Construction Quality Control/Quality Assurance
  • Regulatory Liaison and Compliance
  • Impoundment Construction Certification
  • Impoundment Slope Stability Analysis
  • Environmental Spill Response Management and Remediation
  • Development of Written Plans
  • Subsidence Evaluations and Investigations
  • Pre-Mining and Post-Mining Structure Surveys
  • Water Supply Inventories and Pre-Mining Surveys
  • Pre-Mining Structure/Property Subsidence Modeling and Mitigation Planning
  • Wetland Determination, Delineation, and Restoration
  • Landslide Evaluation and Remediation
  • Stream Restoration and Stream Bank Stabilization
  • Water Supply and Water and Wastewater Treatment Services
  • Design, Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Systems
  • Refuse and Slurry Impoundment Permitting and Design
  • Waste Cell Construction and Capping
  • Geotechnical Design and Siting of Surface Facilities
  • Geological and Hydrogeological Investigations
  • Ground Water, Surface Water, and Mine Discharge Monitoring
  • Environmental Management – ACM, PCBs, USTs