Category:Solutions

There Are Solutions: Coal dust pollution is a solvable problem. What has worked, and what has failed? Why does coal dust continue to plague residents when regulators and coal terminal owners and operators claim dust mitigation technologies are in place? Familiarize yourself with various dust mitigation approaches to develop your own priorities and goals.

Files In Category "Solutions"

1920s

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  Railroads of Port Adopt Coal Sprinkle: Growing Demand for Sprinkled Coal Said to Be Made by Trans-Shippers, Daily Press, November 23, 1927

1950s

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  C&O to Install Costly Equipment for Control of Air Pollution in NN, Daily Press, December 12, 1956

1980s

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  Reasonably Available Control Measures for Fugitive Dust Sources (Part 1), Ohio Office of Air Pollution Control, September 1980
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  Reasonably Available Control Measures for Fugitive Dust Sources (Part 2), Ohio Office of Air Pollution Control, September 1980
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  Reasonably Available Control Measures for Fugitive Dust Sources (Part 3), Ohio Office of Air Pollution Control, September 1980
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  Reasonably Available Control Measures for Fugitive Dust Sources (Part 4), Ohio Office of Air Pollution Control, September 1980
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  Murry, Coal Dust Causes Concern (Continued from Page C1), Daily Press, January 27, 1985
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  Mrs. Louise Bazemore Shows Coal Dust She Cleaned from the Inside of Her Ridley Circle Home, Daily Press, January 27, 1985
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  United Press International, State Board Urged to Require Coating Coal, Kingsport Times-News, December 29, 1985
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  Billman et al., Windbreak Effectiveness for Storage-Pile Fugitive-Dust Control: A Wind Tunnel Study, U.S. EPA, 1985
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  Wituschek et al., Coal Dust Control: Recommended Practices for Loading, Unloading and Transporting Coal by Rail, Regional Report No. 86–17, April 1986
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  Stewart et al., Control of Fugitive Emissions from Open Coal Storage in Newport News, Virginia, Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board, 1987
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  Figure 6 from Control of Fugitive Emissions from Open Coal Storage in Newport News, Virginia, 1987
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  Cowherd et al., Control of Open Fugitive Dust, Final Report to the U.S. EPA, September, 1988
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  Billman et al., Windbreak Effectiveness for Storage Pile Fugitive Dust Control: A Wind Tunnel Study, JAPCA, 38, 135–143, 1988

1990s

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  Fugitive Dust Background Document and Technical Information Document for Best Available Control Measures, U.S. EPA, September 1992
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  Norfolk Southern Rail Emissions Study, Norfolk Southern Corporation, 1993

2000s

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  Ferreira et al., Full-Scale Measurements for Evaluation of Coal Dust Release from Train Wagons with Two Different Shelter Covers, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 91, 10, 1271–83, 2003
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  Ferreira et al., Wind Tunnel Study of Coal Dust Release from Train Wagons, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 92, 7–8, 565–77, 2004

2010s

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  Energy Supply Effort Spells Out 'How We Do Business', Xcel Energy, 6–7, November 2012
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  Clift, What's in Air in the City's Southeast? Daily Press, June 3, 2015
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  Bhowmick et al., Three-Dimensional Modeling of Fugitive Dust Dispersion in Idealized Openpit Mines, Mining Engineering, 2015
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  Badani Prado, Coal Quality Management Model for a Dome Storage (DS-CQMM), Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports, 5138, 2015
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  Covers for Rail Transport of Coal, June 2, 2016
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  Assessment of Health and Safety Implications of Coal Transport through Oakland, Public Health Advisory Panel on Coal in Oakland, Public Health Advisory Panel on Coal in Oakland, California, June 14, 2016
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  Aneke, et al., Energy Storage Technologies and Real Life Applications–A State of the Art Review, Applied Energy, 179, 350–377, 2016
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  Jha et al., Handle with Care: The Local Air Pollution Costs of Coal Storage, National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series, May, 2017
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  Activists Opposed to a Coal Facility in Oakland Rally outside U.S. District Court in San Francisco, Photograph: Tara Siler, January 10, 2018
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  City Planning Commission Meeting Minutes, City of Newport News, May 2, 2018
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  Minutes from the Plan Commission Meeting, City of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, February 12, 2019

2020s

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  Productive Environments for All Weathers, WeatherSolve Structures, 2020
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  Wind Fence DustTamer, Dust Solutions Inc, 2020
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  Settlement Agreement between the City of Richmond, California, and the City Council of the City of Richmond and Levin Richmond Terminal Corporation, Richmond Pacific Railroad Corporation, and Levin Enterprises, Inc., Wolverine Fuels Sales, LLC, Phillips 66 Company, and the State of Utah, 2021
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  After the Coal Terminal Explosion, Shattered Glass on the Sidewalk in the 1600 Block of Filbert Street, Photograph: Greg Sawtell, 2021
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  Fugitive Dust Control Measures and Best Practices, U.S. EPA, January, 2022
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  Email Correspondence between Richard Posner of Dust Solutions, Inc. and Repair Lab Team Member, 2023
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  Woo et al., Reducing Environmental Impact of Coal-Fired Power Plants by Building an Indoor Coal Storage: An Economic Analysis, Energies, 16, 1, 511, 2023
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  Email Correspondence between Mike Robinson of WeatherSolve and Repair Lab Team Member, 2023
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  Ariel Photograph, Adrian Wood with Support from SouthWings, Lambert's Point, 2023
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  Standing Water at the Dominion Terminal Associates Facility in Southeast Newport News, Photograph: Adrian Wood, 2023
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  Notes on Email Correspondence between Gary Clark of Monolithic Dome and Repair Lab Team Member, February 20, 2024
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  Notes on Email Correspondence between Hilda Hu (Sales Manager) of SAFS Steel Solutions and Repair Lab Team Member, February 22, 2024
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  Notes on Email Correspondence between Michelle Team of LF-BJMB and Repair Lab Team Member, March 3, 2024
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  Coal Dust in Southeast Newport News is a Nuisance and There Are Solution (Corrected), Repair Lab, August 2024
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  Han et al., A Review of Water-Based Suppressants for Coal Dust Suppression, International Journal of Coal Science & Technology, 12, 47, 2024
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  ​CSX Transportation – Curtis Bay Piers, Maryland Department of the Environment, 2025 (Retrieved)
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  MERV 11 filter, front side, Photograph: Jackie Hertz, April 2026
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  MERV 11 filter, back side, Photograph: Jackie Hertz, April 2026
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  MERV 12 filter, front side, Photograph: Jackie Hertz, April 2026
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  MERV 12 filter, back side, Photograph: Jackie Hertz, April 2026

Undated

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  Example Railcar Cover System Photographs, Shurco Twin Flex™, Undated
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  Example Railcar Cover System Photographs, Shurco Twin Flex™, Undated
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  Example Railcar Cover System Photographs, Shurco Twin Flex™, Undated
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  Example Railcar Cover System Photographs, Shurco Twin Flex™, Undated
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  Corsi-Rosenthal Box, University of California Davis, Undated
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  CST Covers: Dry Bulk Storage Systems, CST Industries, Undated
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  The Global Leader in Storage and Covers Solutions, CST Industries, Undated
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  ADM Coal Storage—Clinton, Iowa with Scope of Work and Overview, Dome Technology, Undated
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  Hulusu Coal Mine—Coal Bulk Storage—China with Scope of Work and Overview, Dome Technology, Undated
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  Pittsburg Coke Storage Domes, Google Earth, Undated
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  A protester in a New Virginia Majority shirt in Lambert's Point with a sign reading, "Do Black lives matter? Cover the Coal," Photograph: New Virginia Majority, Undated
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  Dust Solutions, Inc. Wind Fence DustTamerTM Systems, Undated
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  Geomtrica, Inc. Freeform Stockpiles Domes, Undated