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• Johnson, W., and Miller, G.C., 1979, Abandoned coal-mine lands: nature, extent, and cost of reclamation: U.S. Bureau of Mines, 29 p.
• Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 1987, Surface coal mining reclamation: 10 years of progress, 1977-1987: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 49 p.
• Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 1992, Surface coal mining reclamation: 15 years of progress, 1977-1992: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 53 p.
• Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 1992, 25th anniversary of surface mining law, http://www.osm.gov/25thanniversaryreport.htm
• Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 1997, 20th Anniversary of the Surface Mining Law: A report on the protection and restoration of the nation's land and water resources under the Surface Mining Law, http://www.osm.gov/annivrep.htm
• Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 2002, Market-based mine land reclamation: U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 8 fact sheets, 16 p., http://www.osmre.gov/market-basedindex.htm
• Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 2004, Abandoned mine land inventory system (AMLIS): U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., http://www.osmre.gov/aml/inven/zamlis.htm,
• Office of Surface Mine Reclamation and Enforcement, 1977, Surface Mine Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA), Public Law 95-87, http://www.ott.wrcc.osmre.gov/smcra.htm
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2001, Abandoned mine site characterization and cleanup handbook: Washington, D.C., EPA-530-R-01-002, 433 p., http://www.ott.wrcc.osmre.gov/library/hbmanual/epa530c.htm

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