OFFICE of SURFACE MINING
RECLAMATION and ENFORCEMENT

U.S. Department of the Interior
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Since 1977, OSM has protected the environment and people while regulating surface coal mining in the United States, and funded the restoration of abandoned coal mines.


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The U.S. holds the world's largest estimated recoverable reserves of coal, and is a net exporter of coal.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

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