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Title
Cost of Abandoned Coal Mine Reclamation and Associated Recreation Benefits in Ohio
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Shruti K. Mishra, Frederick J. Hitzhusen, Brent L. Sohngen, Jean-Michel Guldmann; Journal of Environmental Management
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Surface Mine Control and Reclamation Act, SMRCA, ODNR, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, budget, Federal Water Pollution Control
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Two hundred years of coal mining in Ohio have degraded land and water resources, imposing social costs on its citizens. An interdisciplinary approach employing hydrology, geographic information systems, and a recreation visitation function model, is used to estimate the damages from upstream coal mining to lakes in Ohio. The estimated recreational damages to !ve of the coal-mining-impacted lakes, using dissolved sulfate as coal-mining-impact indicator, amount to $21 Million per year. Post-reclamation recreational bene!ts from reducing sulfate concentrations by 6.5% and 15% in the !ve impacted lakes were estimated to range from $1.89 to $4.92 Million per year, with a net present value ranging from $14.56 Million to $37.79 Million. A bene!t costs analysis (BCA) of recreational bene!ts and coal mine reclamation costs provides some evidence for potential Pareto improvement by investing limited resources in reclamation projects.
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