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STATE REGULATORY AUTHORITIES [SRA]

    Listed below are the departments or agencies which have primary responsibility for administering the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act [SMCRA] for each State in the Appalachian Region.

    Get involved. Contact your SRA and ask how ARRI is being implemented in your State.  View the SRA Guidance Documents used to reforest surface mines in your State.


- KENTUCKY - MARYLAND - OHIO - PENNSYLVANIA - TENNESSEE -
- VIRGINIA - WEST VIRGINIA -

Kentucky Department for Natural Resources
Division of Mine Reclamation and Enforcement
#2 Hudson Hollow Rd
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-564-6940
Fax: 502-564-5698
www.dmre.ky.gov/

Maryland Department of the Environment
Water Management Field Office
160 South Water Street
Frostburg, MD 21532
Compliance Program Chief: Scott Boylan
Phone: 301-689-8494
Fax: 301-689-6543
Bureau of Mines Chief: John Carey
Phone: 301-689-6104
www.mde.state.md.us/Programs/WaterPrograms/ MiningInMaryland/home/index.asp

Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Division of Mineral Resources Management
2045 Morse Road, Building H2 & H3
Columbus, OH 43229-6693
General Information: 614-265-6633
www.dnr.state.oh.us/mineral/coal/index.html

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Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Mining and Reclamation
Rachel Carson State Office Building, 5th floor
Harrisburg, PA 17105
Phone: 717-787-5103
www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/minres/BMR/BMRhome.htm

Tennessee Federal Program|OSMRE
Knoxville Field Office
710 Locust Street, 2nd Floor
Knoxville, Tennessee 37902
Phone: 865-545-4103
http://arcc.osmre.gov/about_kfo.asp

Virginia Department of Mines Minerals and Energy
Division of Mined Land Reclamation
P.O. Drawer 900
Big Stone Gap, VA 24219
Phone: 276-523-8100
www.mme.state.va.us/Dmlr/default.htm


West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Mining and Reclamation
601 57th Street SE, Room 3127
Charleston, West Virginia 25304
Phone: 304-926-0490
http://www.dep.state.wv.us/item.cfm?ssid=9

 

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