1998 FEDERAL OVERSIGHT OF STATE PROGRAMS

	Federal Oversight of State Programs: 1998 (10/1/97 - 9/30/98)

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 1998.

State	Inspections	Violations	Cessation Orders	Cessation Orders
		Violations Cited in Office of Surface Mining Enforcement
		Notice of Violation	Failure-To-Abate	Imminent Harm
Alabama	130	0	0	0
Alaska	4	0	0	0
Arkansas	11	2	0	0
Colorado	11	0	0	0
Illinois	117	0	0	0
Indiana	141	0	0	0
Iowa	17	0	0	0
Kansas	10	0	0	0
Kentucky	712	21	8	0
Louisiana	2	0	0	0
Maryland	41	0	0	0
Mississippi	1	0	0	0
Missouri	42	0	0	0
Montana	28	0	0	0
New Mexico	14	0	0	0
North Dakota	13	0	0	0
Ohio	182	0	0	0
Oklahoma	70	0	0	0
Pennsylvania	445	5	0	0
Texas	19	0	0	0
Utah	6	0	0	0
Virginia	290	1	1	0
West Virginia	180	19	8	0
Wyoming	13	0	0	0
Total	2,499	48*	17*	0

* Of the 48 Notices of Violations and 17 Cessation Orders issued by the Office of Surface Mining, 43 NOV's and 17 CO's were related to Abandoned Mine Land fees.

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