Abstract: The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 requires evaluation of pre‐ and postmining hydrology for design of runoff and sediment control structures on mined land. The runoff‐curve‐number (CN) method as developed ...

Abstract: The Stable Slope and Sediment Transport (SSAST) model, an event‐based computer model, uses postmine hydrology and median overburden grain size of a reclaimed surface mine to calculate a stable slope for the longitudinal ...