New Mine Subsidence Insurance Website
Date: Thursday, 03 November 2005 (10:44:50) CST
Topic: Abandoned Mine Lands
Some Pennsylvania homeowners can check a new state Web site to see whether their houses are situated above or near an abandoned mine.
Tom Rathbun from the state Department of Environmental Protection says it can help folks determine if they want to purchase mine subsidence insurance.
While the www.paMSI.org website only has information on areas in Western Pennsylvania, Rathbun says officials are working to scan maps from locations east of the Susquehanna River into the system.
Coal has been mined underground for about 250 years and more than a million Pennsylvania homes sit on or near abandoned mines.
Active underground mining is ongoing in 43 of the state's 67 counties.
Source:
Gene Starr
News Director
WPPA-AM/WAVT-FM
P.O. Box 540
Pottsville, PA 17901
(W) 570-622-4440
(F) 570-622-2822
[email protected]
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