2001 FEDERAL OVERSIGHT OF STATE PROGRAMS

	Federal Oversight of State Programs: 2001 (10/1/00 - 9/30/01)

Section 517(a) of the Surface Mining Law requires the Office of Surface Mining to make inspections as necessary to evaluate the administration of approved state programs. To implement these duties, the Office of Surface Mining works with states and other interested parties to seek consensus on oversight techniques. To maintain objectivity, the Office of Surface Mining also plans and conducts inspections, independent reviews, and technical analyses. The table below summarizes the Office of Surface Mining's oversight inspection and enforcement activities during 2001. Statistics for 2000, 1999, and 1997 are also available.

State	Site Visits	Violations	Cessation Orders	Cessation Orders
		Violations Cited in Office of Surface Mining Enforcement
		Notice of Violation	Failure-To-Abate	Imminent Harm
Alabama	118	0	0	0
Alaska	0	0	0	0
Arkansas	9	0	0	0
Colorado	11	0	0	0
Illinois	99	0	0	0
Indiana	69	0	0	0
Iowa	21	0	0	0
Kansas	17	0	0	0
Kentucky	419	7	2	0
Louisiana	2	0	0	0
Maryland	37	0	0	0
Mississippi	2	0	0	0
Missouri	35	0	0	0
Montana	14	0	0	0
New Mexico	5	0	0	0
North Dakota	15	0	0	0
Ohio	229	0	0	0
Oklahoma	30	0	0	0
Pennsylvania	488	3	1	0
Texas	11	0	0	0
Utah	4	0	0	0
Virginia	159	0	0	0
West Virginia	406	6	1	0
Wyoming	11	0	0	0
Total	2,211	16	4	0

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