Links

Member State Sites:

• Alabama Surface Mining Commission 
• State of Alabama Home Page 
• Alaska 
• Alaska Division of Mining, Land and Water 
• Arizona 
• Arkansas 
• Colorado 
• Illinois 
• Illinois DNR Site for Teachers/Educational Resources 
• Indiana 
• Kentucky
• Louisiana 
• Maryland or Maryland Department of the Environment 
• Mississippi 
• Missouri 
• New York 
• Nevada Division of Minerals 
• New Mexico Department of Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources 
• North Carolina 
• North Dakota 
• Ohio 
• Oklahoma 
• Pennsylvania 
• South Carolina
• Tennessee 
• Texas 
• Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining 
• Virginia 
• West Virginia
• West Virginia Mine Safety 
• Wyoming

Federal Government Sites

• Energy Information Administration, U.S. DOE 
• OSMRE - Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
• OSMRE - Technical Information Processing System 
• U.S. Bureau of Land Management 
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
• U.S. Geological Survey 
• U.S. Geological Survey (Minerals Information) 
• U.S. Geological Survey Learning Web (Educational Resources) 
• The White House 

Other Sites of Interest

• Our Work's Not Done! - Abandoned Mine Lands
• American Geological Institute 
• Council of State Governments 
• Wisconsin Geology Museum Site 
• Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission 
• Mineral Information Institute (Educational Resources) 
• Missouri Limestone Producers Association (Educational Resources) 
• National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs 
• National Energy Foundation (Educational Resources) 
• National Mined Land Reclamation Center 
• Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) (Educational Resources) 
• Western Governors' Association (WGA) 
• Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB) 
• Women in Mining Educational Resources 
• Coal Education Site 
• KET Education: The Geology of Coal (Educational Resources) 
• MiningUSA.com (Educational Resources) 
• American Coal Foundation 
• Smithsonian Institution Gem and Mineral Collection 
• Smithsonian Department of Mineral Sciences 

State Noncoal Mining Laws and Regulations

• Alabama Surface Mining Commission Administrative Code 
• Alaska 
• Arizona: Click on Title 27 
• Arkansas: Click on "Regulations" under the "Information" title in the sidebar menu. 
• Colorado Division of Mining Reclamation and Safety: Click on "Rules & Regs" tab. 
• Florida 
• Illinois 
• Indiana 
• Iowa Rules 
• Iowa Noncoal Laws (search chapter 208 for Iowa Code and chapter 60 for administrative rules for the regulations) 
• Kansas: Click link for "Statutes and Regulations" at "Surface Mining Reclamation" in sidebar menu. 
• Kentucky: KAR's for noncoal are referenced under Chapter 5. 
• Maine 
• Maryland 
• Minnesota 
• Missouri Law (Statute Search Page); and 
• Missouri Rules. 
• 2014 Missouri Mining Law Changes (Coal surface Mining) 
• Nevada: Search site for statutes and regs. 
• New Mexico: Click on "Rules and Regulations" in the right-hand sidebar menu. 
• North Carolina 
• North Dakota 
• Ohio: Follow top menu link to "Industrial Minerals", then follow left side-bar menu link for "Law & Rules". 
• Pennsylvania: Title 25 Ch. 77. 
• South Carolina Law; and 
• South Carolina Regulations. 
• South Dakota 
• Tennessee Surface Mining Regulations 
• Texas: Click on "Rules" on home page. 
• Utah Statute 
• Utah Noncoal Rules 
• Virginia: Click on "Laws and Regulations" link in left page menu. 
• Washington; and 
• Washington: Regulations of Metals Mining and Milling Operations 
• Wisconsin: Nonmetallic Mining Rules & Laws; and 
• Wisconsin: Metallic Mining. 
• West Virginia and West Virginia 
• Wyoming: Search under the agency "Environmental Quality, Dept. of" to pull up rules and regulations.