Duration of the project:
15.12.2015 - 15.12.2019
Contact person:
Department of Risk Assessment and Industrial Safety
dr hab. inż. Alicja Krzemień
MERIDA project aims to manage the environmental risks associated with underground coal mines during closure and post-closure periods, according to the general principle that the mines must take responsibility and minimise all risks that can be foreseen.
The project will deliver “Best practice guidelines”, addressing both practitioners and policy makers, providing specific guidance on the issues that need to be considered in order to assess systematically the major environmental risks, both qualitatively and quantitatively, at any underground coal mining site.
Currently there is a lack of a detailed operational methodology that comprises the management of these risks. There is no specific guidance on the appropriate approaches, tools and techniques with due consideration to economic issues, and the way they should be used.
MERIDA will identify the short and long-term consequences of underground coal mine closures on the environment, and will define the appropriate and financially feasible mitigation measures that guarantee acceptable risk levels according to the environmental conditions and surface occupation.
► Best practice guideline: Environmental impact prediction and risk management methodology for coal mine closure and post-closure
For more information please visit www.meridaproject.com
