e/Mountaintop removal mining

Information
has gloss	eng: Mountaintop removal mining (MTR), often referred to as mountaintop mining (MTM), is a form of surface mining that involves the mining of the summit or summit ridge of a mountain. Entire coal seams are removed from the top of a mountain, hill or ridge by removing the overburden above them, and restacking the overburden back on the ridge to refect the approximate original contour of the mountain. The excess amounts of overburden that can not be placed on the ridge top is moved into neighboring valleys. After active mining has been completed all disturbed areas of the mining operation are required by Federal law contained in the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) to be reclaimed as one of several post-mining land use options.
lexicalization	eng: Mountaintop Removal Mining
instance of	c/Mining techniques

Meaning
French
has gloss	fra: Le mountaintop removal (en anglais) est un type dexploitation minière à ciel ouvert, faisant lusage massif d’explosifs et de moyens mécaniques modernes avec des performances supérieures et un coût moindre que les techniques minières plus traditionnelles. En français le terme pourrait être traduit par « rasage de montagne », « décapitation de cime », ou « raclage de sommet de montagne » ou encore « étêtage ».
lexicalization	fra: Mountaintop Removal

Media
media:img	EPA Mountaintop Removal-Step1.jpg
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media:img	Hobet Mountaintop mine West Virginia 1984-09-18.jpg
media:img	Hobet Mountaintop mine West Virginia 2009-06-02.jpg
media:img	MTR1.jpg
media:img	Martin County home.jpg