REPORTS

	Reports pertaining to implementation of the Surface Mining Law

Following is an index to Office of Surface Mining and other reports that can assist with the implementation of the Surface Mining Law. If you need assistance, or do not find reports you are looking for, please contact the Office of Communications through E-Mail at GETINFO@OSMRE.GOV or check the electronic publication order from.

American Energy for America's Future: The Role of the U.S. Department of the Interior
Report to Congress on Coal Waste Impoundments: Risk, Responses, and Alternatives Report
OSM/MSHA Report to Congress on the safety of coal waste impoundments
25th Anniversary Report
Market-Based Mine Land Reclamation (Brochure and Video)
Comparative Study of Structure Response to Coal Mine Blasting
Text, Tables and Figures, Appendicies 1 & 2, Appendicies 3, 4, & 5, Addendum 1, Addendum 2
Comparative Study of Domestic Water Well Integrity to Coal Mine Blasting Summary Report
Text, Appendix A, Appendix A (continued), Appendix B, Appendix C1, Appendix C2
Blast Log Evaluation Program (BLEP)
Instructions (Word)
Instructions (WordPerfect)
Blank Data Input Spreadsheet
Blast Log Evaluation Spreadsheet
Data Imput Spreadsheet Sample
Scaled Distance Sample
Vibration Sample
Internal Review of MSHA’s Actions At the Big Branch Refuse Impoundment Martin County Coal Corporation Inez, Martin County, Kentucky. (1/21/03 MSHA Report) MSHA News Release . (Mine Safety and Health Administration)
OSM Investigative Report: Flood Event of July 19, 2002 Winding Shoals Branch at Lyburn, Logan County, West Virginia September 13, 2002
Reports on October 11, 2000 coal slurry impoundment breakthrough in Martin County, Kentucky
Sagebrush Establishment on Mined Lands: Ecology and Research
Guidelines for the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) Version 1.06 On mined lands, construction sites, and reclaimed lands
Download the RUSLE software (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Handbook of Western Reclamation Techniques
Proceedings of Bat Conservation and Mining: a Technical Interactive Forum November 14-16, 2000
Coal Waste Impoundments: Risks, Responses, and Alternatives (2001) (National Academy Press)
Technical measures for the investigation and mitigation of fugitive methane hazards in areas of coal mining (PDF format, 3,813 KB), or (Text Only, WordPerfect format, 564KB)
Mountaintop mining information and reports
20th Anniversary of the Surface Mining Law Report
Annual Reports
Customer Service Reports:
1995 Customer Service Report
1996 Customer Service Report View or download the1996 Customer Service Report (88 KB).
Strategic Plan and Performance Plans:
2000-2005 Strategic Plan
2002 Annual Performance Plan
2001 Annual Performance Plan
2000 Annual Performance Plan
1999 Annual Performance Plan
1997 Plan
Current Annual state program oversight reports
1/21/98 Federal Coal Symposium

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