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