PERMFILE137193

• Permit No: M1999002
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• Doc Date: 6/18/1999
• Doc Name: OBJECTORS EXHIBITS
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The Problem of Subsidenc<
sated or minimized. The results may be broadly
summarized as Eollot.s:

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Figure 3.
emrr,rs-either in natural springs er in the shafts
er boreho(rs from which it is pumped (sx•r Fig. 4).
Vorrover, it is clear from the occcrrence eE peat
bed; in subsidence "callevs" that the dissolution of
the salt has been occurrin; naturalf~ for eons of
time, and it is a matter of opinion a, to whether
the deliberate pumping of natural 6-ine has either
caused or accelerated the process. It is therefore
clear that subsidence due to salt e~tractior: poses
special, if not unidue, problems-Both technical
and IrQ:tl.
Some [wo years ago, a survey teas made under
the aegis of the European Committer for the Study
of Salt, to investigate the extent of the problem in
tho~r areas of Europe in which salt i, extracted by
means which might br suspected ~< gicino rise to
enhanced subsidence, and to review the legal pro-
crdurrs by which subsidence damage is compen-
FRAM\"CE
Subsidence occurs in Lorraine, in the lieupci
series of the Nancy region, around Dombasle
Compensation is dealt with under Article 72 0
the Code hlinier, and sometimes gives rise tr
protracted litigation.
CER.~l.4A'}"
The problem arises on the Obersalzberg, nea
Berchtesgaden, and also in the Upper and Lotve
Necker region, where salt is mined from Chic'
beds in the Limestone series. Compensation i
negotiated directly' with the mine owner, who i
held responsible.
HOLLAND
As brine is extracted only by controlled Solt.
lion, in defined cavities no subsidence problem
arise, but paragraph 1401 of the Dutch Civil Rr
sponsibility Code makes provision for compens:
tion iE cases should ever arise.
/TA L Y
Subsidence does occur to some extent in tl,
Volterra and Lungro districts but is not regarde
as a serious problem yet. There is no legal prow
lion fur compensa[ion, which is the subject c
private agreement with the complainant.
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Figure 4. Distribution of major lin<u subsidences resulting fr
solution of th< l'pper lieuper Saliferous bcds,