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• Office of Surface Mining-Information by Geographic Location Interface to state coal environmental information through a map of United States . Oversight reports are summaries (by year) of regulatory and abandoned mine land reclamation programs administered by that state.
• Alaska Department of Natural Resources/Division of Mining Land and Water State agency providing information about various aspects of mining. The Coal Regulatory Program provides a general and technical description of Alaska 's coal mining regulations.
• Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology The Abandoned Mine Program page provides information concerning inactive mine reclamation, mine subsidence protection, dangerous mines, and an online manuscript concerning best reclamation practices. The Coal Regulatory Page provides information about surface mine regulations and examples of reclamation projects in Colorado
• Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection State agency providing information about air quality, waste management, water quality, and permitting.
• Kentucky Division of Abandoned Mines State agency providing information about abandoned mine lands mine reclamation and enforcement, including information and images about coal mining and reclamation.
• Ohio Department of Natural Resources/Minerals Resources Division. State agency providing information concerning the history of mining in Ohio, mining regulations, coal facts, enforcement, mining fact sheets, annual reports, and a mining and reclamation poster.
• Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Abandoned Mines. State agency providing numerous on-line publications concerning acid-mine drainage, as well as other information about abandoned mine impacts.
• Virginia Cooperative Extension, Natural Resources and Environmental Management Provides on-line educational and technical publications concerning various types of reclamation research at the Powell River Project.
• Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy Provides information about coal in Virginia, remining, laws, regulations, abandoned minelands, reclamation awards, permit and technical information.
• Virginia Department of Environmental Quality State agency providing information about environmental laws and regulations. The Environmental Education section includes a natural resources guide that discusses coal issues in the state.
• West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection State agency providing information about several coal-related issues including abandoned mine lands, water quality, and air quality, as well as other environmental issues in West Virginia . An annual report and citizen's guide discuss several coal-related environmental issues and environmental fact sheets on mountaintop removal and acid mine drainage are also provided.
• West Virginia Water Research Institute, National Mine Land Reclamation Center West Virginia University research center with information concerning acid-mine drainage, farmland reclamation, subsidence, and groundwater degradation.
• Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality State agency providing information about several coal-related issues including abandoned mine lands, coalbed methane, and air-quality, as well as other environmental issues in Wyoming.
• Wyoming Mining Association Information about coal, what coal is used for, how it is mined, Wyoming resources, and reclamation awards.