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.