impoundments

Most slurry is stored in pools known as impoundments, which are more costly to build and maintain, but about 15% is injected into abandoned mines.

Residents, Coal Firm Negotiate Kris Maher 2010

The Federal Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement found serious problems with the way DEP polices coal-slurry impoundments, which is one of the agency's most important jobs.

Jeff Biggers: Urgent Letter to EPA and Interior: Liberate Coalfields and Take Primacy 2009

They put those in these big ponds called impoundments, or they pump them back underground into abandoned mine shafts.

Democracy Now! 2009

"No amount of regulation can keep these wet ponds -- called impoundments -- from seeping dangerous toxins into groundwater and potentially collapsing like the Tennessee impoundment," said Ben Dunham, Earthjustice's legislative counsel.

ScrippsNews - current events, culture, commentary, community 2009

All over the region are hundreds of facilities euphemistically called "impoundments".

Clean Coal--The Ultimate Oxymoron 2009

Certain inner city impoundments that get all the rain drain from the streets and parking lots are certain to contain all the vehicle fluids and rubber buildup from such sources.

Big City Hooking and Cooking 2009

The law itself was an act of rage against Nixon's impoundments.

GOP Balancing Act 2011

As an avid connoisseur of bauxite sludge impoundments, I have studied with envy the photographs from the recent disaster in Hungary.

J Henry Fair: Hungarian Bauxite J Henry Fair 2010

Now he spends 90% of his workday outside, checking on water impoundments and Range drill sites to make sure they aren't causing any environmental damage.

A Tactical Recruiting Effort Pays Off Kris Maher 2011

Certain inner city impoundments that get all the rain drain from the streets and parking lots are certain to contain all the vehicle fluids and rubber buildup from such sources.

Big City Hooking and Cooking 2009