creating national coal mining geospatial data standards by the national coal mine geospatial...

CREATING NATIONAL COAL MINING

GEOSPATIALDATA STANDARDS

By

The National Coal Mine Geospatial Committee

April 10, 2007

West Virginia Mine Drainage Task Force Symposium

Topics to be coveredGeospatial

What does it mean?Why does it matter?

Why create unified national coal mining geospatial datasets?

Mining accidents/disasters• Recent• Future

Public’s right to knowRecent technology improvements making this vision possible

RecentFuture

Topics to be covered (2)

Voluntary ParticipationIntroduction to the National Coal Mining Geospatial Committee (NCMGC)

Background information about NCMGCFY 2006 Significant ActivitiesHighlights of Geospatial Questionnaire ResultsSharing Coal Mining Data

What is Geospatial?

Geospatial “pertain[s] to the geographic location and characteristics of natural or constructed features and boundaries on, above, or below the earth’s surface” … term refers especially to data that are geographic and spatial in nature.Coal mining geospatial data describes the geographic location and characteristics of the features and boundaries of coal mining operations on or below the earth’s surface.

Geospatial Supports SMCRA Business Processes

REGULATORY ACTIVITY

BUSINESS PROCESSES

DATA REQUIREMENTS WORK PRODUCT

Permit Review

Geologic/ hydrologic evaluation

Records of geology, surface water, ground water samples; location of mining operations

CHIA

Engineering calculation

Engineering drawings, location of mining operations

Bond Calculation

Biological review

Locations of environmental resources, cultural resources, mining operations

FONSI, Decision Documents

Geospatial Supports SMCRA Business Processes (2)

REGULATORY ACTIVITY

BUSINESS PROCESSES

DATA REQUIREMENTS

WORK PRODUCT

Mine Site Inspection

Inspection Location of mining operations

Inspection Report

Enforcement Action

Citizen Complaint Investigation

Investigation

Locations of citizen and mining operations

Report

Bond Release Request

Bond release evaluation

Location of mining operations, records of water quality

Bond Release Report


Oct. 11, 2000 the nation's largest coal slurry spill occurred at the Martin County Coal Co., Inez, Ky. Far greater in damage than the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill, this event dumped an estimated 306 million gallons of toxic sludge down 100 miles of waterways. The 10/17/’01 MHSA report points to inaccurate mapping as the principal cause.

Mining accidents & disasters

Recent• Inez, KY. slurry

impoundment failure



Recent• Martin County

slurry impoundment failure

• Quecreek

MHSA's Quecreek accident report, July 24th., cited faulty maps as a cause for the Quecreek Mine disaster in June 2002, where nine miners were trapped for 4 days. According to the report, "The primary cause of the water inundation was the use of an undated and uncertified mine map of the Harrison No.2 mine.“





• Quecreek• Sago

Local Trimble geodetic survey expert called in to survey spot to drill. Hours later drilling begins. The delay … establishing survey control required creating a link to a rover setting on a known point outside the permit boundary



Recent• Martin County slurry

impoundment failure

• Quecreek• Sago• Aracoma

“Timmy Paul Morgan, who died Apr 9, ‘06 of a heart attack, gave a statement to an attorney representing the widow of Mr. Hatfield. In that statement, Mr. Morgan said rescue team members complained that the map of Aracoma they were given to search for the missing men was inaccurate, showing doors and stoppings in places that did not exist.”





• Quecreek• Sago• Aracoma• Black Castle fatality

On Feb. 1, ‘06, a dozer operator at Black Castle strip mine in Drawdy, WV was fatally injured due to ignition of natural gas. As the operator with 15 years experience was developing a drill bench, the blade ruptured a 16” low-pressure, high-volume gas line. The MHSA's report stated that “Vira told Moss to stay 100 feet away from the gas line. Neither Vira nor Moss knew the exact location of the gas line.”


Unfortunately the importance of accurate maps wasn’t even on the radar!!!


Recent• Martin County• Quecreek• Sago• Aracoma• Black Castle• A Google search

for "mining accident" + map yields 54,100 hits

Miner’s Act signing ceremony

That conclusion is based on …

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Mining disastersRecentPossible future mining emergencies may extending across state boundaries• A common national data structure and map

accuracy standard will ………….– save time trying to combine dissimilar dataset

from adjoining states and– eliminate future poor spatial accuracy problems.

Why create unified national coal mining geospatial datasets (2)?

Could allow MANY additional users of this new national information asset•Federal DOE, BLM, MSHA, etc.

•State Emergency response entities

• Local County, municipal.

• Others interested in sharing geospatial data assets.

Why create unified national coal mining geospatial datasets (3)?

Could substantially enhance OSM’s e-Permitting initiative.Public’s right to know• Speed up the permit review process• Allow check for mining below properties

changing hands (VA House Bill 1562) Subsidence

•Proximity of impoundments and valley fills•Proximity to abandoned portals•Mining discharges

Technology improvements making this vision possible

RecentArcGIS software accommodates data with different projections and/or datums in the same desktop session that allows each state to keep data in the projection/datum already decided on.

ALL mining data can share a core set of tabular attributes of national interest and still have unique tables containing all existing State/Tribe attributes.

Technology improvements making this vision possible (2)

FutureArcGIS 9.2 & Enterprise IT features • Database

synchronization

NCMG Data

State Data


In 9.2 for the 1st time a single logical database can be spread over several network nodes … allows a version of a geodatabase to be replicated to another geodatabase.

FutureArcGIS 9.2 & enterprise IT features • Database

synchronization

• Versioned data replication


At ArcGIS 9.2, multiuser editing is possible for the first time without versioning.

FutureArcGIS 9.2 enterprise features • Database

synchronization• Versioned data

replication• Nonversioned

editing


In version 9.2 ArcGIS Server can provide “services” integrating geodata, globe (3-D), map (2-D), geoprocessing and locator functions.

FutureArcGIS 9.2 enterprise features • Database

synchronization• Versioned data

replication• Nonversioned

editing• Web-based

services

NCMGC Startup History roots are OSM’s TIPS Program

Previous OSM Director, Jeff Jarrett, and the Technical Innovation & Professional Services (TIPS) Steering Committee formed the NCMGC May 3-5, 2005 at the St. Louis committee meeting.Setting members selected late FY 2005.Supported by TIPS and operates as a partnership between OSM and the states.

Members represent the geospatial technology interests of the states, tribes, and OSM offices.Representation includes the Interstate Mining Compact Commission (IMCC), National Association of Abandoned Mine Lands Programs (NAAMLP), and the Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB).

Purpose of NCMGC

Promote development of geospatial technology to support SMCRANational forum to identify geospatial needs of SMCRA organizationsDiscover best practicesHelp implement changeHelp migration to enterprise GISImprove business processes

NCMGC MembersMember Stat

e

*OSM Region

States Mining

Affiliation

ExpertiseTitle IV &/or

V

Bill Card TN N/A V

Larry Evans WV IMCC IV(support)/V

Rick Koehler

NM WIEB IV/V

Len Meier IL N/A IV

Doug Mullins

VA NAAMLP IV/V

Alan Wilhelm

CO N/A

Vacant DC N/A N/A*Appalachian Region = Red, MCR = Green, WR = blue, HQ=

brown

NCMGC’s CharterDeliberative, advisory bodySubject matter expertsRepresent SMCRA communityIdentify geospatial technology issuesFacilitate sharing of geospatial technologyTechnical support personnel used to create technical support groups (TSGs) Supported by TIPSReport to Chief, TMD WR

NCMGC’s Technical Support Groups (TSGs)

Subject matter expertsExtension of committeeAdvise committee on technical mattersShort term taskingCooperation among TSG members promotes sharing of technology

NCMGC Accomplishments FY 06Held first meeting to plan work activitiesDetermined geospatial technology development status of all SMCRA organizations via questionnaireIdentified the Geospatial Data Steward (GDS) within each SMCRA organizationHeld the first National Meeting of SMCRA Geospatial Data StewardsIdentified geospatial technology development needs of SMCRA organizations for FY 2007

NCMGC Accomplishments FY 06 (2)Established a Standards Task Group from the Geospatial Data Stewards (GDSs) that volunteered to help develop national standardsObtained SDE and/or Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) training for a few qualified GDSs to facilitate their moving data to an enterprise environment.Successfully completed a "proof of concept" project demonstrating exchange of selected coal mining spatial datasets between two networked servers inside OSM's Wide Area Network (WAN)

Highlights of Questionnaire Results

42 responses from SMCRA organizations38 GSDs identified38 SMCRA organizations use GIS13 do not use MS SQL Server or Oracle28 do not use ArcSDE29 do not share spatial data by Internet33 do not have a written GIS implementation plan

Highlights of Questionnaire Results (2)Rank

Category 1 2 3

Needs Infrastructure (12)

Personnel (6)

Training (5)

Accomplishments

Using Data (14)

Getting Data (12)

None (6)

Goals Using Data (12)

Getting Data (10)

None (8)

Help from NCMGC

No Response

(13)

Tech. Assist. (11)

Funding (9)

Contribute/share

None (17)

Tech. Assist. (10)

Data (8)

Comments None (27)

Using Data (9)

Tech. Assist. (5)

Geospatial Data Stewards

CategoryGeospatia

l Data Steward

Alternate Geospatia

l Data Steward

No Geospatia

l Data Steward

Federal 8 1 1

State 27 3 3

Tribal 3 1 0

Coal Mining Spatial Data Standards ASTM Task Group

Held the first meeting at ASTM International headquarters September 20-21, 2006Will hold 3 meetings in FY 07 to develop voluntary spatial data standards for the first 2 coal mining spatial data sets of national interest: surface coal mining boundaries and underground coal mining boundariesStandards for additional data sets to be determined laterPress release on group and tasks in late 2006

Initial (’07) Coal Mining Datasets

Datasets common to SMCRA workers

Surface mining boundariesUnderground mining boundaries

Quick index to location of other coal mining dataGeographic locator of potential impacts

Surface Mining BoundariesSurface mining boundaries are polygons

representing the boundary of the permitted area of a surface coal mining operation as described on the most recent mining operations map contained in a coal mining permit approved by the regulatory

authority.

Each approved permit has a single record in a spatial database of surface mining boundaries. Each

record in the spatial database identifies the permit number of the surface coal mining operation and

contains one or more polygons identifying the areas for conducting surface coal mining

operations approved by the regulatory authority.

Surface Mining Boundary

Underground Mining BoundaryUnderground mining boundaries are polygons representing the boundary of the underground mine workings of an underground coal mining

operation as described on the best available mine workings maps.

Each mine has a single record in a spatial database of underground mining extents. Each record in the spatial database identifies the underground coal

mining operation and contains one or more polygons identifying the areas of underground

mine workings.

Underground Mining Boundary

Coal Mining Data is a National Information Asset

Executive Order 12906Public access to geospatial data Sec. 3(c)

OMB Circular No. A-16Themes of national significance Sec 2.b.(1) and Appendix EApplies to all agencies using spatial data Sec 5.Applies to all spatial activities funded with federal funds Sec 6.Agency responsibilities and reporting requirements Sec 8.a.Spatial data are subject to Exhibit 300 Sec 8.b.

Applicable RequirementsSurface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA)Executive Order 12906, Coordinating Geographic Data Acquisition and Access: The National Spatial Data InfrastructureOMB Circular No. A-16, Coordination of Geographic Information and Related Spatial Data ActivitiesOMB Circular No. A-130, Management of Federal Information ResourcesClinger-Cohen Act of 1996, formerly the Information Technology Management Reform ActE-Government Act of 2002, Section 216, Common Protocols for Geographic Information SystemsPaperwork Reduction Act (P.L. 104-13)Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) President’s Management Agenda

Expanded e-GovernmentGovernment reuse of dataSharing information among government agenciesAutomate internal processes to reduce cost

NCMGC Plans FY 07Hold a meeting to review and implement recommendations from the first National Meeting of SMCRA Geospatial Data StewardsProvide briefings to OSM management and SMCRA organizations on the accomplishments and progress of the NCMGC in its activitiesSend additional qualified personnel to attend vendor software training in managing coal mining geospatial data in an enterprise environmentEstablish a planning sub-committee to begin preparations for an FY 08 National Meeting of SMCRA Geospatial Data Stewards with a theme of “Integrating GIS into SMCRA Business Processes”

Continue development work on a geospatial infrastructure to exchange selected coal mining spatial datasets among networked servers outside OSM's WANRecruit state regulatory programs to participate in this geospatial infrastructureConduct an outreach program by giving presentations about NCMGC activities at national meetings of SMCRA organizations;Explore participation with MSHA

Outcomes of the Geospatial InitiativeImproved regulation of active coal minesReduced random oversight inspectionsAccurate bond release determinationsBetter reclamation of abandoned minesImproved subsidence investigationsSlower growth of AML InventoryFewer cases of CO2 gas buildup in homesReduced offsite impactsVerifiable annual reports for both states and OSM

SAVELIVES!

creating national coal mining geospatial data standards by the national coal mine geospatial...

Documents

coal mining data slide

mining operations fonsi

martin county coal

geographic location

mhsa report points

surface water

recent technology improvements

water inundation