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State Regulatory and Abandoned Mine Land Programs:

Alabama (Surface Mining Commission)
Alabama (Abandoned Mine Land Program)
Alaska (Department of Natural Resources)
Arkansas (Mining Division Coal Program)
Colorado (Coal Regulatory Program)
Colorado (Abandoned Mine Program)
Illinois (Land Reclamation Division)
Illinois (Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Division)
Indiana (Division of Reclamation)
Iowa (Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship: Division of Soil Conservation)
Kansas (Department of Health and Environment: Surface Mining Section)
Kentucky Department for Natural Resources
Louisiana (Injection and Mining Division · Surface Mining Section)
Maryland (Bureau of Mines)
Missouri (Land Reclamation Program)
Montana (Abandoned Mine Land Program)
Navajo (Abandoned Mine Land Program)
New Mexico (Abandoned Mine Land Bureau)
North Dakota (Public Service Commission)
Ohio (Division of Mineral Resources Management)
Oklahoma (Department of Mines)
Oklahoma (Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program)
Pennsylvania (Department of Environmental Protection)
Texas (Surface Mining and Reclamation Division)
Texas ( Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Program)
Utah (Division of Oil Gas & Mining)
Virginia (Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy)
West Virginia (Division of Environmental Protection)
West Virginia TAGIS Unit page (Division of Environmental Protection)
Wyoming (Abandoned Mine Land Division)

Federal agencies and information:

American Heritage Rivers
Code of Federal Regulations (National Archives and Records Administration)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers (Restoration of Abandoned Mine Sites Western Region)
Current job openings in the U.S. Government
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Environmental Protection Agency (Envirofacts, Data Warehouse and Applications)
Environmental Protection Agency (Mountaintop Mining/Valley Fill Environmental Impact Statement web site)
Federal Native Plant Conservation Committee
Federal Register Notices (Government Printing Office)
FedWorld Home Page (Search for information)
FirstGov (Information portal for the United States Federal Government)
GovBot Database of Government Web Sites (Search for U.S. Government and Military web sites)
Library of Congress
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
MSHA "keep out - Stay alive" Mine Hazard Awareness Campaign
National Archives (Data base of searchable records from 20 federal agencies)
National Institute for Ocupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Mine Safety and Health Research
National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
National Wetland Inventory
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Small Business Administration
U.S. Bureau of the Census
FedStats
Mining Machinery, Mineral Processing Equipment
Statistical Abstract
U.S. Dept. of Agricultural (North Appalachian Experimental Watershed)
Natural Resources Conservation Service
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
DOE Energy Information Administration
Coal Transportation Information
US Coal Supply & Demand: 1995 Review
Coal Industry Annual 1998
Office of Industrial Technologies
Scientific and Technical Citations (1948-present)
U.S. Dept. of the Interior web site (DOI)
Take Pride in America
Employment opportunities (At the Interior Department)

Minerals Resources Program (Minerals Yearbook)
Office of Hearings and Appeals
U.S.Geological Survey Mine Drainage Interest Group

U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Information (Non-coal)
U.S. Geological Survey On-line Maps

Virtual Reading Room
U.S., State,& Local Gateway (Source for state and local government information)
United States Government Manual 2001/2002

Interest groups and other related sites:

Acid Drainage Technology Initiative - Metals Mining Sector
American Coal Foundation
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
American Society of Mining and Reclamation
Canaan Valley Institute
Coal Association of Canada
Coal Information Network (Large amount of industry information)
Coal Miner's Commemorative Postage Stamp Petition
Council of State Governments
Eastern Mineral Law Institute
Ecosystem Restoration (Montana State University)
Energy & Mineral law Foundation Information on legal issues
ENVIROMINE WEBSITE (A mine/environmental discussion group)
Fossil Fuels Links Center
Friends of the Cheat
Huff Run Watershed Restoration Partnership
Illinois Geological Survey coal information
International Institute for Environment and Development
http://www.unr.edu/mines/smr/ International Network for Acid Prevention
International Society of Mine Safety Professionals
Interstate Mining Compact Commission
Kentucky Coal Council: Coal Education
Mine Environment Neutral Drainage Program
Mineral Information Institute
Mining Technology's List of Associations
Mining USA Home Page (Mining industry internet services)
Monday Creek Restoration Project
National Aggregates Association
National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs
National Association of State Land Reclamationists
National Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation
National Mining Association
National Mine Land Reclamation Center (West Virginia University)
National Stone Association
Northwest Mining Association
Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
Society for Mining, Metallurgy, & Exploration
Stony Creek, Conemaugh Rivers Improvement Project
United Mine Workers of America
Western Interstate Energy Board
Women in Mining
Wildlife Habitat Council

State mining and reclamation associations:

Commercial sites that distribute coal mining and reclamation information:

Ayer Company, (Coal mining publications)
Coal Operators & Associates, Inc.
Engineering Tips Forums, (Peer-to-peer, non-commercial support forums for engineers)
Fieldston Publications, (Coal mining newsletter and reports)
Institute of Makers of Explosives(State Explosives License/Permit and Fee Directory)
McCloskey Coal Information Services, (Market price information, statistics, etc.)
Mine Country Journal (Includes the on-line Anthracite History Journal and other historical mining information)
Mining Life (General mining information)
Mine Regulation Reporter
Serebella.com (Web site that provides links to mining sites and articles)

Technical information related to implementation of the Surface Mining Law:

Federal Geographic Data Committee (Standards and procedures for geographic data)
Find it on StateSearch (State information source)
Geographic Names Information System (Names of physical and cultural geographic features in the United States)
Metric conversion tables
U.S. Gazetteer (Search for locations in the U.S.)
National Mapping Information (U.S. Geological Survey)
Ringelmann Smoke Chart (U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular #8333)
Writing in plain English, Elements of Style by William Strunk

Foreign coal related sites

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