REGULATORY PROGRAM PERMITTING 2000

	State and Indian Regulatory Program Permitting: 2001

The following table provides a summary of primacy state, federal program, and Indian program permitting statistics.

State/Tribe	New Permits	New Acreage Permitted	Total Acreage Permitted	Acreage Disturbed ³	Acreage of Phase III Bond Release
Alabama	8	2,038	86,804	NA	4,109
Alaska	0	0	8,262	1,345	0
Arkansas	0	0	1,144	527	61
Colorado	0	0	163,510	22,113	1,205
Crow Tribe²	0	0	4,747	419	0
Georgia¹	0	0	0	141	0
Hopi Tribe²	0	0	6,137	151	0
Illinois	1	138	111,138	79,138	13,050
Indiana	14	15,814	282,360	97,742	11,268
Iowa	0	0	5,977	5,977	0
Kansas	0	0	4,612	4,612	317
Kentucky	97	52,890	1,687,800	251,363	19,022
Louisiana	0	0	45,200	18,302	0
Maryland	5	170	5,943	5,943	225
Mississippi	0	0	1,908	866	0
Missouri	0	0	12,400	11,772	1,097
Montana	0	0	49,934	25,700	0
Navajo Nation²	0	0	81,187	30,686	0
New Mexico	0	0	97,500	22,500	237
North Dakota	0	878	76,092	46,465	189
Ohio	41	7,911	108,518	64,735	8,155
Oklahoma	1	410	31,840	31,840	2,058
Pennsylvania	68	1,927	416,000	NA	9,128
Tennessee¹	5	1,714	25,139	15,113	1,719
Texas	0	0	239,500	143,854	613
Utah	0	48	163,775	2,341	10
Ute Tribe²	0	0	175	120	0
Virginia	34	8,329	73,477	45,529	2,505
Washington¹	1	58	14,930	5,216	0
West Virginia	50	11,103	288,463	185,764	6,885
Wyoming	0	5,287	335,177	93,842	0
Total	325	108,715	4,391,902	1,524,263³	81,853

1. Federal Program states.
2. Indian Land Program.
3. Disturbed acreage is not available for all states.
NA. Information not available for the 2001 period

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