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• Borgman, L.E., Kern, J.W., Peacock, K., Brogan, M., Meyer, J., Dobson, T., and Brenneis, M., 1998, Determination of contribution to cumulative groundwater impacts from coalbed methane development and surface coal mining: Abandoned Coal Mine Lands Research Program, Office of Research, University of Wyoming , 25 p., http://www.ott.wrcc.osmre.gov/library/pub.htm
• Brady, B.C., Kania, T., Smith, W.M., and Hornberger, R.J., eds., 1998, Coal Mine Drainage Prediction and Pollution Prevention in Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 398 p., http://www.ott.wrcc.osmre.gov/library/pub/cmdpppp.htm
• Brauner, G., 1973, Subsidence due to underground mining, pt. 1: U.S. Bureau of Mines, Information Circular 8571, 56 p.; pt. 2, IC 8572, 53 p.
• Committee on Ground Water Recharge in Surface-mined Areas, Water Science and Technology Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, and National Research Council, 1990, Surface coal mining effects on ground water recharge: Washington, D.C., National Academy Press, p. 70-80.. http://fermat.nap.edu/catalog/1527.html
• Curtis, W.R., Dyer, K.L., Williams, J.P., Jr., A manual for training reclamation inspectors in the fundamentals of hydrology: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 61 p., http://www.ott.wrcc.osmre.gov/library/hbmanual/trnrecins.htm
• Hobba, W.A., Jr., 1987, Ground-water study 5, in Richards, D.B., ed., Ground-water information manual: Coal mine permit applications: U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey, v. 2, p. 147-187., http://www.ott.wrcc.osmre.gov/library/hbmanual/grdh20infovol2.htm
• Minns-Hutcheson, S., Kipp, J.A., Dinger, J.S., Carey, D.I., Sendlein, L.V.A., and Secrist, G.L., 2000, Effects of longwall mining on hydrogeology, Leslie County, Kentucky: Kentucky Geological Survey, Series 12, Report of Investigations 6, 21 p.
• Moreland, J.A., 1987, Ground-water study 8, in Richards, D.B., ed., Ground-water information manual: Coal mine permit applications: U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey, v. 2, p. 257-297., http://www.ott.wrcc.osmre.gov/library/hbmanual/grdh20infovol2.htm
• National Research Council, 1990, Surface mining effects: Committee on Ground Water Recharge in Surface-mined Areas, Water Science and Technology Board, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 170 p., http://www.nap.edu/catalog/1527.html
• Office of Surface Mine Reclamation and Enforcement, no date, accessed in 2006, (Abandoned mine land) Photo library-Surface and groundwater protection website, http://www.osmre.gov/scripts/album.pl?album=Water;photo_height=150
• Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 2002, Permitting hydrology-A technical reference document for determination of probable hydrologic consequences (PHC) and cumulative hydrologic impact assessments (CHIA): U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 193 p., http://www.osmre.gov/hydrologicinformation.htm
• Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 2001, Supplemental report on the effects of underground coal mining, Supplement to the June, 1999 report: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, no. 5600-BK-DEP2605, 45 p., http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/minres/bmr/act54/index2.html
• Richards, D.B., 1985, Ground water information manual: Coal mine permit applications: U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., v. 1, 275 p., http://www.ott.wrcc.osmre.gov/library/hbmanual/grdh20infovol1.htm
• Richards, D.B., 1987, Ground water information manual: Coal mine permit applications: U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., v. 2, 404 p., http://www.ott.wrcc.osmre.gov/library/hbmanual/grdh20infovol2.htm
• Williams, R.S., Jr., and Driver, N.E., 1987, Ground-water study 10, in Richards, D.B., ed., Ground-water information manual: Coal mine permit applications: U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey, v. 2, p. 337-362., http://www.ott.wrcc.osmre.gov/library/hbmanual/grdh20infovol2.htm
• Wunsch, D.R., Dinger, J.S., Taylor, P.B., Carey, D.I., and Graham, C.D.R., 1996, Hydrogeology, hydrogeochemistry, and spoil settlement at a large mine-spoil area in eastern Kentucky: Star Fire Tract: Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 12, Report of Investigations 10, 49 p.

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