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TECHNICAL PAPERS Environmental Aspects of Mine Closure and Abandoned Mine Sites Remediation in Germany Dipl.-Ing. Johannes Pastor Head of Division Soil Conservation Legislation Germany

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TECHNICAL PAPERS

Environmental Aspects of Mine Closure and Abandoned Mine Sites Remediation in Germany

Dipl.-Ing. Johannes PastorHead of Division

Soil Conservation LegislationGermany

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Lignite mining areas in Germany

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Lignite mining areas in East Germany

Central Eastern German miningareaaround 40,000 ha

Lausitz miningareaaround 60,000 ha

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Geotechnical work on worked-outopen casts Earth mass movements

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Lignite opencast mine BerzdorfFinal stage

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Major tasks duringrehabilitation

Mining engineering rehabilitationSlope design and securing, massmovements, securing the subsoil,

levelling off

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Securing former waste heapsHeavy duty equipment / Soil

engineering

Mass movements withopencast mining equipment

Mass movements with mobile soil engineering equipment

Mass movements withmobile soil engineering

equipment

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SlopeSlope designdesign and and massmassmovementsmovements

Esch10/70

Use of Esch 10/70 (walkingexcavator)Shaping remaining natural

slopes, levelling out in the areasto be filled with water up to > 2 m below future final water levelUse for lateral and vertical

worksTotal volume of earth

movements:around 6 million m³

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Major tasks duringrehabilitation

Rehabilitation of existing pollutionsDismantling / scrapping, deconstruction / dismantling, reuse / disposal

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Rehabilitation of pollutant depositsand contaminated soil

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Blasting, deconstruction and demolition

Blasting of the central power station Demolition of power stations

Deconstruction of tar settling basin Demolition of dephenolising plant

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Major tasks duringrehabilitation

RevegetationRehabilitate land foragricultural, forestry and restoration purposes

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Major tasks duringrehabilitation

Flooding / WaterManagementFlooding of worked-out opencasts, design of receivingwaters, improvement of water quality

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Visions become reality

Aqua Casa on the peninsulaWater runway Welzow Tourist boatHafen Großräschen (IBA)Port Großräschen (IBA)

Großräschen

EuroSpeedwayLausitz Lausitz-Industrial Park Marga Nature park TERRA NOVAFloating homes Hoyerswerda

Senftenberg

Schwarze Pumpe

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Opencast mine WitznitzLake Witznitz

Opencast mine ZwenkauLake Zwenkau

Opencast mine EspenhainLake Markkleeberg

Opencast mine NachterstedtLake Concordia

Opencast mine Delitzsch SWLake Gremmin See

Opencast mine BreitenfeldLake Schladitz

Opencast mine MüchelnLake Geisel valley

Opencast mine GröbernLake Gröbern

Opencast mine BockwitzLake Bockwitz

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Car Car racingracing on on formerformer wastewasteheapheap areaarea

Euro-Speedway Lausitzring

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Construction of Europe‘s most modern whitewater canoe course in 2006/07

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Official opening of solar power station Borna on LMBV area in 2006

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Former opencast mine Mücheln –Geisel valley - vintage