Eagle Pass Mine
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{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}} Eagle Pass Mine is an operating coal mine in Eagle Pass, Texas.
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Location
The satellite photograph below shows the location of the mine in Eagle Pass, Maverick County, Texas.
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Background
In July 2016 the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s three-member board voted to both renew and expand a wastewater permit for the mine.[1] The expansion would add 25,000 of potential area to the mine's existing 6,346 acres.[2] The mine's coal is too low-grade for use in the United States and is exported to Mexico.[1]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Dos Republicas
- Parent Company: North American Coal
- Location: Eagle Pass, Maverick County, Texas
- GPS Coordinates: 28.8166889, -100.4572962 (exact)
- Status Operating
- Production Capacity: 2.4 million tons per year
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- Start Year: 2015
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Texas Agency Votes to Expand Controversial Coal Mine Near Border, Texas Tribune, Jul. 6, 2016
- ↑ In Texas, a coal mine opens to power Mexico, Marketplace, Aug. 25, 2015
