This bulletin discusses common problems in the disposal of tailings at mines, quarries and other industries, and identifies safe methods of designing and operating dams and impoundments. The problems encountered at the end of operations when it becomes desirable to end tailings dam construction and it is necessary to rehabilitate the dam and its impoundment to make it permanently safe and environmentally acceptable are discussed and a final chapter describes some of the governmental regulations controlling tailings dams in some countries.
Copy of workshop presentation. Snow presents state programs requiring PE certifications, Montana EOR Requirements for TSF, Federal Programs Requiring PE Certification, the MSHA initiative, and Surface Mining Control and Regulation Act regulatory program.
Copy of workshop presentation. Boswell presents an introduction to the oil sands, background to recent changes in tailings regulation and practices within the oil sands, a summary of Alberta Chamber of Resources Dam Integrity Advisory Committee, clarification of EOR Roles, a summary of the Dam Safety Engineer/Manager Role, EOR accountability and authority, Designer of Record Role and accountability, and the different associations for dam safety.