2002 FEDERAL OVERSIGHT OF STATE PROGRAMS

	Federal Oversight of State Programs: 2002 (10/1/01 - 9/30/02)

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 2002. Statistics for 2001, 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	96	0	0	0
Alaska	4	0	0	0
Arkansas	5	0	0	0
Colorado	8	0	0	0
Illinois	106	0	0	0
Indiana	81	0	0	0
Iowa	23	0	0	0
Kansas	9	0	0	0
Kentucky	402	4	0	0
Louisiana	4	0	0	0
Maryland	41	0	0	0
Mississippi	2	0	0	0
Missouri	40	0	0	0
Montana	4	0	0	0
New Mexico	1	0	0	0
North Dakota	2	0	0	0
Ohio	221	0	0	0
Oklahoma	37	0	0	0
Pennsylvania	547	12	4	0
Texas	14	0	0	0
Utah	4	0	0	0
Virginia	167	1	0	0
West Virginia	466	2	1	0
Wyoming	13	0	0	0
Total	2,297	19	4	0

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