THE SYSTEMIC IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE CLOSURE OF THE ŞOTÂNGA MINE EXPLOITATION, DÂMBOVIŢA COUNTY
Journal Title: The Annals of Valahia University of Târgoviste, Geographical Series - Year 2013, Vol 13, Issue 1
Abstract
The Şotânga mine belongs to S.N.C. S.A. Ploieşti and includes several exploitation areas located in the central/ part of the Dâmboviţa County. The lignite deposits are hosted into the Neogene strata (Miocene and Pliocene) of the Şotânga – Gheboieni anticlinorium, in the contact area between the sub-Carpathians and the piedmont plain. The Şotânga 2 mine is situated in the Şotânga commune and is an area where underground mining activities were conducted between 1954 and 1994. The closure of the 2 Şotânga mine through the Government Ordinance 816/1998 was done in compliance with the Environmental Quality Restoration Program. Even though the final closure, mine conservation and post-closure monitoring (GD nr.926/2003, phase VII) have complied with the requirements, after 15 years many of the environmental problems persist or are amplified. Among them stand: changes in the surface dynamics revealed by low intensity land subsidence; compaction phenomena due to local dewatering processes that induced the appearance of a wavy relief (without fractures); small slips in the fertile soil surface (spread in order to facilitate the rapid development of vegetation) caused by a deficient management of pluvial water or poorly consolidated retaining walls; disorders in the natural habitat that impact the ecosystem. After 2010, the abandoned buildings and the adjacent land were the target of scrap metal thieves who left behind traces difficult to remove from the landscape which is still in a full recovery stage
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Mădălina Nicoleta FRÎNCULEASA, Ovidiu MURĂRESCU, George MURĂTOREANU
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