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• Fedorko, N., and Blake, M., 1998, A geologic overview of mountaintop removal mining in West Virginia: West Virginia Geologic and Economic Survey, West Virginia Geology, 17 p., http://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/www/mtrm/fa02mtrm.htm
• Mountaintop Mining Information, updated, Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation website list, http://www.osm.gov/mtindex.htm
• Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation, 1999, Mountaintop mining report to Congress: 20 p., http://www.osm.gov/pdf/022399rep.txt
• 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
• Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation, 2005, Frequently asked questions about mountaintop removal mining, website, http://www.osm.gov/mountaintopfaq.htm
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2003, Mid-Atlantic mountaintop mining draft programmatic environmental impact statement: varied pagination, www.epa.gov/region3/mtntop/eis.htm

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