Next fracking controversy: In the Midwest, a storm brews over 'frac sand'
Testing by the US Mine Safety and Health Administration found that, on average, crystalline silica makes up 14.5 percent of the dust at Wisconsin sand-mining operations. Recommended The Monitor's View
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Research & Commentary: Study Highlights the
A new report commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute (API) and undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has found the oil and natural gas industries directly or indirectly supported over 158,000 jobs in Wisconsin in 2019, or 4.2 percent of the total share of state employment. Further, the oil and gas industries produced $8.9 billion …
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Economic Impacts of Industrial Silica Sand (Frac Sand) Mining
5 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, "Silica Sand Mining in Wisconsin," January 2012, ... to 22-fold growth in industrial sand employment in the 12-year period between 2002 and 2014. These estimates are conservative, as they do not include the number of people employed at the
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Residents near silica sand mines in Wisconsin and Iowa worry …
His research showed that dust from the mining facilities contains anywhere from 8 to 14 percent silica particulate matter. "If we can control PM 2.5, we can likely control the silica risk as ...
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AMI Silica
Environmentally Conscious Premium Domestic Sand. AMI Silica Inc. is positioned to be a leading supplier of premium quality domestic silica sand with strategically located deposits and infrastructure in Wisconsin, Alberta and northeastern British Columbia. Our Wisconsin operations are actively providing high quality sand and the exploration and ...
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Researchers Find Promising Results In Frac Sand Mine …
Listen Download. A five-year study in Chippewa County has transformed a reclaimed frac sand mine into a successful wild prairie. Researchers are hopeful that lessons learned can be used at other mining operations around the state beginning to fill in their pits. In a rare collaboration, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls ...
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Community Airborne Particulate Matter from Mining for Sand …
Wisconsin leads in frac sand production with 62% of the US total production, due to sandstone near the surface that allows for crystalline silica extraction via surface mining (Miley, 2014). The three main activities of industrial sand mining (mining, processing, and transportation) generate fugitive dust (Petavratzi et al., 2005).
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W. Central Wisconsin Landscape & Silica Sand Mining Effects
Research paper investigating silica sand mining's effects on the landscape of West Central Wisconsin for the purpose of extracting frack sand. Press; Newsletter; About. Meet the Team; ... PhD 14:24:56 14:05:24 West Central Wisconsin's Landscape and What Silica Sand Mining Has Done to It.
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From the ground up: A profile of Badger Mining Corp.
Around 109 million metric tons of silica sand were produced in the United State with a value of $8.23 billion in 2014. Of that, Wisconsin contributed 38.3 million tons valued at $3.15 billion — making the Badger State the nation's largest producer of fracking sand.
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Frac Sand Mining | Minnesota Public Radio News
May 2013. Frac sand mining has become a divisive topic in the past few years. Advocates say the industry will bring jobs and economic development to the region. But critics, including environmentalists and public health experts, are concerned about how it might affect the environment and human health. Several Minnesota communities have …
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Mining in Wisconsin – WGNHS – UW–Madison
Mining in the Baraboo District took place between 1904 and 1925. The Jackson County Iron Company re-opened mining in the Black River Falls District in 1969 when they began extracting low-grade taconite ore that was beneficiated (concentrated) and pelletized on site. The mine ceased operations in 1983 and was reclaimed.
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Frac Sand Producer In Wisconsin Faces Bankruptcy As Industry Shifts
A major frac sand mining company with operations in Wisconsin is facing bankruptcy while an industry analyst says up to 75 percent of mines in Wisconsin that supply oil and gas producers might have to close due to an ongoing oversupply of sand. Emerge Energy Services LP, which owns Superior Silica Sands, entered into a debt …
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Locations of Industrial Sand Mines and Processing Plants in …
Industrial sand for use in the petroleum, glass and foundry industries has been produced in Wisconsin for over 40 years. The demand for sand increased exponentially starting in …
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Journal of Public Law and Policy
In Wisconsin, silica sand mining and processing operations doubled from 2011 to 2012. In May 2013, there were 112 permitted and nineteen proposed silica sand facilities, including mining, processing, and rail loading sites. ... 12. Silica sand is used as a "proppant" during oil and gas well
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Wisconsin Industrial Sand Association
WisconsinSand is the online home of the Wisconsin Industrial Sand Association (WISA), an organization formed to promote safe and environmentally …
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Wisconsin Content on FracTracker
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission provided FracTracker with a list of facilities that are involved in the production of frac sand mining in the state. Information on statewide energy sources is available through the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Silica Sand Mining EIS Meeting
Silica Sand Mining in Wisconsin January 2012 . Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources . P.O. Box 7921 . Madison, WI 53707-7921 . 1 Silica Sand Mining in Wisconsin . 1.0 Introduction . ... mines under construction, and processing plants would be in excess of 12 million tons per year. Currently there are approximately 20 new mining …
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Industrial Sand Mining Strategic Analysis | | Wisconsin DNR
Public scoping. Sandstone formations. Silica sand or silicon dioxide (SiO2), also referred to as quartz, has been mined for thousands of years and has many uses, from paving roads …
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Industrial Sand Mining Strategic Analysis | | Wisconsin DNR
The strategic analysis updates information provided in a 2012 DNR document entitled, Silica Sand Mining in Wisconsin. Public review. Public comments on the strategic analysis were received by the department from July 5 to August 22, 2016. The department also held a hearing on July 26, 2016. Sixty people attended the hearing and 22 individuals ...
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Research & Commentary: A Summary of the Impacts of Industrial Silica
In Wisconsin, where approximately two-thirds of all U.S. frac sand production currently exists, the industry would directly support 4,900–7,100 jobs if all permitted silica sand mining sites and processing facilities become fully operational. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation estimates the current employment …
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The Cost of Fracking and Frac Sand Mining
Providing a permanent new source of clean drinking water would have cost an estimated $11.8 million. In Arkansas' Fayetteville Shale region, air pollution from fracking operations impose health costs estimated at $9.8 million in one year. In Texas' Barnett Shale region, those costs reach $270,000 per day during the summer smog season.
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Quick Sand: Frack Sand Mining in Wisconsin
July 16, 2015 / by Ted Auch, PhD. Each silica sand mine displaces 871 acres of wetlands and more than 12 square miles of forests and agriculture land in Wisconsin to provide …
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US Frac Sands Locations and Silica Geology
5263 Edmund Highway West U.S. Silica's Columbia plant is located in the "Sandhills" of the Carolinas. These "Sandhills" consist of high-grade silica that is perfect for filtration, frac and geothermal grout. 2496 Hancock Road Mining the Oriskany deposit along the Warm Springs Ridge for over 100 years.
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Respirable Crystalline Silica from Sand Mining, P-00369
Fact sheet from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services on respirable crystalline silica from sand mining operations Keywords: respirable crystalline silica, sand mining, wisconsin, dhs, health, exposure, effects, frack sand, frac sand, rcs, department of health services, human service, publications Created Date: 10/5/2012 7:27:32 AM
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Some Wisconsin frac sand mines see growing demand from oil, …
In March, Smart Sand bought a shuttered mine in Blair from Hi-Crush for $6.5 million. The same mine was purchased by Hi-Crush Partners LP for $75 million just six years earlier.. Ryan Hassler is a senior analyst with analytics firm Rystad Energy. He told Wisconsin Public Radio that around 50 million tons of sand production in Wisconsin …
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Frac Sand | FracTracker Alliance
Frac Sand. Frac sand is a high-purity quartz sand that is injected into wells to blast and hold open cracks in the shale rock layer during the fracking process. In the United States, frac sand is being mined intensively from sandstone deposits across large swaths of land in Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, and Michigan.
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The frac sand industry's migration out of Wisconsin
Though news of the frac migration out of Wisconsin and further south may suggest that number is lower, it's difficult to determine without precise data. Brad Johnson, a DNR Wastewater Specialist in the Runoff Program, told Wisconsin Examiner, " We have between 25 and 30 active sand mines.". According to Johnson, the DNR once had a …
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Sand (silica) mining
State and local government information on metallic and sand (aka "silica" or "frac sand") mining in Wisconsin, with an emphasis on policy. Information from state and county …
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Living on the Front Lines with Silica Sand Mines
The sand mine only guarantees repair to property lying within a half-mile of the mine. The mine blasts the land near Amish schools and has had a noticeable effect on the psyche of countless farm animals. The invisible silica is breathed by every living thing much to the mine's denial, with deadly silicosis appearing up to 15 years after ...
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Frac Sand Mining in Wisconsin: Understanding Emerging …
A unique geological history combined with existing railroad networks has posi-tioned Wisconsin as a major supplier of "frac sand" and thus a key link in a wider hydrocarbon commodity chain. The unprecedented growth of frac sand mining, however, has raised new social and environmental concerns, becom-ing the target of grassroots organizing.
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