The Challenge
Integrated Sustainability was contracted to provide support to the mine Water Group in support of mine closure planning. Requested deliverables included:
- Closure planning for decommissioned or soon to be decommissioned facilities
- Dedicated disposal areas monitoring and evaluation
- Bedrock investigation
- Site-wide groundwater monitoring, management plan development, and risk analysis
The Result
In addition to the requested deliverables, Integrated Sustainability’s scope grew to include:
- Review of research initiatives and identification of new initiatives to support closure planning, due diligence, and regulatory needs
- Assessment of risks associated with gypsum, coke and fly ash use/storage/disposal
- Support at internal meetings (participation and presentations) and with regulatory agencies; ESRD, ERCB, etc.
- Senior-level guidance to staff and technical review of reports, memoranda, and research proposals
