| State |
Noncoal law administered by same state agency, etc. as coal law? |
If not, what agency/division/section administers the noncoal law? |
|
AL |
N |
AL Department of Industrial Relations. |
|
AR |
Y |
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|
AZ |
N |
State Mine Inspector, Department of Environmental Quality. |
|
CA |
N |
State Water Resources Control Board, Office of Mined Land Reclamation. (Do not have a coal program.) |
|
CO |
Y |
|
|
GA |
N |
Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division. |
|
IL |
N |
Department of Natural Resources, Office of Mines & Minerals, Blasting & Explosives Division. |
|
IN |
Y |
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|
IA |
Y |
|
|
KS |
N |
KS Conservation Commission, Land Reclamation Division. |
|
KY |
Y |
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|
LA |
Y (AML only) |
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|
ME |
N/A |
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|
MD |
Y |
Same Agency, different Division: Minerals, Oil & Gas Division. |
|
MS |
Y |
|
|
MO |
Y |
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|
NV |
N/A |
NV Division of Environmental Protection, NV Division of Minerals (AML Program). No coal is mined in NV. |
|
NJ |
N |
No coal law in NJ. |
|
NM |
Y |
|
|
NY |
N/A |
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NC |
Y |
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|
ND |
N |
ND State Soil Conservation Committee. |
|
OH |
Y |
|
|
OK |
Y |
|
|
OR |
N |
OR is not a primacy coal state under SMCRA. |
|
PA |
Y |
|
|
SC |
N/A |
SC Department of Health & Environmental Control, Bureau of Solid & Hazardous Waste Management, Division of Mining & Solid Waste Permitting. There is no coal mining in SC. |
|
SD |
Y |
SD is not a program state under SMCRA, but the state's laws still apply to coal. Both noncoal & coal mining are regulated by the Minerals & Mining Program, Division of Environmental Services, Department of Environment & Natural Resources. |
|
TN |
N |
Federal Office of Surface Mining regulates coal in TN. |
|
TX |
Y |
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|
VA |
Y |
Same Department, but different Divisions: Department of Mines, Minerals & Energy, Division of Mineral Mining. |
|
WA |
N |
Department of Natural Resources, Geology Division. |
|
WV |
Y |
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|
WI |
N/A |
No coal law. |
|
WY |
Y |
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