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Coal Ground Storage Facility
Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Roberts & Schaefer was engaged by the Norfolk & Western
Railway Company as the prime consultant for a ground storage terminal
system with an initial capacity of 1.63 million tons of coal.
Annually this facility is expected to have a throughput of 8 million
tons. R&S provided complete project management, study and
detailed engineering including solicitation and evaluation of
bids, procurement of all mechanical, electrical and structural
components as well as the extensive permitting process.
The facility will received coal by rail, transfer the coal to
ground storage at a rate of 6,000 TPH through an automated high
capacity tandem rotary car dumper, conveyors, surge bins and an
automated stacker/reclaimer. The coal is primarily metallurgical
grade and is stored on the ground to prevent contamination of
ground water as well as precluding contamination from other grades
of coal. A computer controlled automated dust suppression system
was designed to protect the environment from airborne dust. Reclaimed
from storage at a rate of 6,000 TPH by the stacker/reclaimer,
the coal can be moved over a 210 foot boom for delivery to yard
conveyors and track loadout silos. Each silo can hold 11,500 tons
of coal. From the silos 220 car unit trains can be loaded at the
nominal rate of 8,000 TPH.
Because of the proximity of 50 acres of jurisdictional wetlands
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers invoked the NEPA process and
required an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). R&S managed
the required studies of fugitive dust dispersion, effluent characterization,
ground and surface water monitoring, wetlands delineation, traffic
impact analysis, noise survey, endangered species and historical
resources survey. Additional studies were required for state and
local permits.
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