FEDERAL OVERSIGHT OF STATE PROGRAMS

	Federal Oversight of State Programs: 1997 (10/1/96 - 9/30/97)

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 1997.

State	Inspections	Violations	Cessation Orders	Cessation Orders
		Violations Cited in Office of Surface Mining Enforcement
		Notice of Violation	Failure-To-Abate	Imminent Harm
Alabama	138	0	0	0
Alaska	0	0	0	0
Arkansas	13	0	0	0
Colorado	13	0	0	0
Illinois	142	0	0	0
Indiana	187	0	0	0
Iowa	16	0	0	0
Kansas	7	0	0	0
Kentucky	870	11	6	0
Louisiana	4	0	0	0
Maryland	48	1	0	0
Mississippi	15	0	0	0
Missouri	45	0	0	0
Montana	22	0	0	0
New Mexico	2	0	0	0
North Dakota	30	0	0	0
Ohio	197	0	0	0
Oklahoma	85	1	1	3
Pennsylvania	371	14	5	0
Texas	19	0	0	0
Utah	9	0	0	0
Virginia	335	0	0	0
West Virginia	432	20	11	0
Wyoming	14	0	0	0
Total	3,014	47*	23*	3

* Of the 47 Notices of Violations and 23 Cessation Orders issued by the Office of Surface Mining, 45 NOV's and 20 CO's were related to Abandoned Mine Land fees.

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