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Member State Permitting Data
PERMITS ISSUED AND ACRES OF LAND DISTURBED JANUARY 1 - DECEMBER 31, 2004 FOR COAL SURFACE MINING
State/
Enforcement Agency |
# Permits Issued |
# Acres Permitted |
#Acres Disturbed |
# Acres Reclaimed |
| Alabama Surface Mining Commission |
14 |
5,118 |
N/A |
302 |
| Arkansas Dept. of Environmental Quality, Surface Mining & Reclamation Division |
1 |
1,563.1 |
793 |
20 |
| Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources, Office of Mines & Minerals, Land Reclamation Division |
5 |
3,149 |
1,043 |
4,428 |
| Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Reclamation |
4 (3 original; 1 add-acre amend.) |
2,614 |
4,3401 |
8,8262 |
| Kentucky Dept. for Natural Resources |
516 |
56,337 |
249,761 |
10,767 |
| Louisiana Department of Natural Resources |
23 |
42,9004 |
805 |
1,0875 |
| Maryland Bureau of Mines |
166 |
434 |
130 |
134 |
| New Mexico Coal Mine Reclamation Program, Dept. of Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources |
0 |
0 |
566 |
1,4657 |
| North Dakota Public Service Commission |
1 |
23,729 |
1,796 |
1,4538 |
| Ohio Division of Mineral Resources Management |
23 |
17,098 |
N/A |
4,580.9 |
| Oklahoma Dept. of Mines |
2 |
29,549.70 |
11,596.00 |
3,450.30 |
| Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection9 |
76 |
9,217.3 (new acres) |
5,679.110 |
4,005.811 |
| Texas Railroad Commission |
3 - new, renewals & revisions |
3,534.3712 |
7,263.3113 |
1,063.7214 |
| Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining |
3215 |
170,847 |
3,090 |
52016 |
| Virginia Dept. of Mines, Minerals & Energy, Division of Mined Land Reclamation |
36 |
8,330.15 |
4,402.56 |
4,120.12 |
| West Virginia Dept. of Environmental Protection, Division of Mining and Reclamation |
61 - new and amendments |
13,240 (2004); 296,977 (total) |
17 |
4,749 (2004 released Phase III) |
1 Annual affected area reports (11/1/03 - 10/31/04).
2 Phase III final release acres.
3 Permits issued to date.
4 Total acres under permit at year's end.
5 Acres released from permit in 2004.
6 Includes original permits, increments, and amendments that add acreage.
7 Reclaimed means regrading and seeding has occurred, not necessarily bond release.
8 Acres reclaimed represent the number of reclaimed acres that were initially seeded in 2004.
9 Includes surface and coal refuse reprocessing permits only.
10 New bonded acres during reporting period.
11 Approved Stage II bond release acres during reporting period.
12 Total permit acreage as of 12/31/2004 (270,761.22) minus total permit acreage as of 1/01/2004 (267,226.85) = 3,534.37.
13 3,014.49 acres mined; and 4,248.82 acres non-mined disturbed = 7,263.31.
14 Phase III bond release approval (may or may not have been removed from permitted acreage).
15 All but one of the coal mines in Utah are underground. The permit area includes the surface and underground areas.
16 Areas reclaimed: not necessarily Phase III bond release.
17 Acres disturbed (total): As it was last year, the database is still being updated.
PERMITS ISSUED AND ACRES OF LAND DISTURBED JANUARY 1 - DECEMBER 31, 2004 FOR NONCOAL SURFACE MINING
State/
Enforcement Agency |
# Permits Issued |
# Acres Permitted |
#Acres Disturbed |
# Acres Reclaimed |
| Alabama Department of Industrial Relations, Mining and Reclamation Division |
33 (new mines); 348 (renewals) |
10,493 |
15,000
(permitted sites) |
248
(665 addt'l acres were bonded) |
| Arkansas Dept. of Environmental Quality, Surface Mining and Reclamation Division |
66 |
11,743.5 |
8,306.96 |
1,308.15 |
| Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources, Blasting and Explosives Division |
33 |
1,201 |
502 |
217 |
| Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Reclamation |
4 |
190 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Kentucky Dept. for Natural Resources, DMRE, Non-Coal Branch |
64 |
41,250 |
37,000 |
2,340 |
| Maryland Minerals, Oil & Gas Division |
491 |
3,821.41 |
2,309.5 |
692.15 |
| Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources, Land Reclamation Program |
359 |
25,931 |
25,931 |
218 |
| New Mexico Mining Act Reclamation Program/Energy Minerals & Nat. Res. Dept.2 |
24 |
34 |
34 |
516 |
| New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation |
473;
55 - new |
109,099
(life of mine under permit currently) |
57,070 |
1,599
(23,669 since 1975) |
| North Carolina Dept. of Environment & Natural Resources, Land Quality Section3 |
3424
(2003) |
126,960
(total at end of 2003) |
38,049
(1,167 affected in 2003 alone) |
966
(released from bond, not current reclamation) |
| Ohio Division of Mineral Resources Management |
20 |
1,641 |
N/A |
744 |
| Oklahoma Dept. of Mines |
5 |
98,067 |
42,912 (bonded) |
1,233.52 |
| Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection |
173 |
2,358.96 |
1,915.67 |
354.78 |
| South Carolina Dept. of Health & Environ. Control |
49 |
1,666 |
549 |
687 |
| Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation9 |
9 |
1,087 |
Approx. 500 |
0 |
| Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining |
30 - mines;
12 - exploration |
791 - mines;
16 - exploration |
N/A |
204 - mines;
50 explorations |
| Virginia Division of Mineral Mining |
38 |
5,368.34 |
4,750.42 |
561.25 |
| West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection, Div. of Mining and Reclamation |
2 (permits and amendments issued) |
206 (2004);
11,158 (total) |
10 |
218
(2004 released Phase III) |
1 Includes original permits, increments, and amendments that add acreage.
2 Does not include sand and gravel operations. "Acres Reclaimed" means regrading and seeding has occurred, not necessarily bond release.
3 These statistics are for 2003. 2004 statistics will not be available until October 2005.
4 This figure includes all permit actions taken in 2003 (new permits, renewals, transfers, modifications and release).
5 70 permits issued, 429 renewals, 60 revisions, 8 transfers.
6 Total new acres permitted.
7 New bonded acres during reporting period.
8 Approved Stage II bond release acres during reporting period.
9 Only reflects activity between 1/1/04 and 12/31/04.
10 As it was last year, the database is still being updated
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