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This is an official government website managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land, and Water, Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), Surface Mining and Reclamation Division, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mineral Resources Management, Department of Conservation, Abandoned Mine Lands Unit, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control, Department of Environmental Protection, Mining and Minerals Regulation Program, Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division, Department of Lands' Minerals Program, Abandoned Mine Lands Program, Department of Natural Resources, Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Reclamation, Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Mines and Minerals Bureau, Department of Health and Environment, Surface Mining Section, Department for Natural Resources, Division of Abandoned Mine Lands, Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, Injection & Mining Division, Surface Mining Section, Abandoned Mine Land Program, Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry; Bureau of Geology, Natural Areas, and Coastal Resources; Maine Geological Survey, Department of the Environment, Bureau of Mines, Mining Program, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Lands and Minerals, Department of Natural Resources, Land Reclamation Program, Department of Environmental Quality, Mine Waste Cleanup Bureau, State of Nevada Commission on Mineral Resources, Division of Minerals, Department of Environmental Services, New Hampshire Geological Survey, Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Water Supply and Geoscience, New Jersey Geological and Water Survey, Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Dept, Mining and Minerals Division, Abandoned Mine Land Program, Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Mineral Resources, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources, Public Service Commission, Abandoned Mine Lands Division, Oklahoma Conservation Commission, Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Division, Railroad Commission of Texas, Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Program, Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program, Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining, Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Division of Mined Land Reclamation, Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Abandoned Mine Lands and Reclamation, Department of Environmental Quality, Abandoned Mine Land Division.

The AML Portal is a partnership that spans federal, state and local efforts to reduce the environmental and health risks of abandoned land mines through increased awareness, education and action.

However, because this map only includes mines that are truly abandoned AND which have been catalogued by the federal government, this map is probably not a complete inventory of the abandoned and inactive coal mines in the US. There must also be no other individual, firm or organization responsible to reclaim the site.

The map shows areas of active and historical coal mining in both underground and surface mines, with separate colors for auger and highwall mining. Virginia’s Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Program was established in the late 1970’s to correct pre-federal Act (1977) coal mine related problems adversely impacting public health, safety, general welfare and the environment. Meredith Videos • December 12, 2018.

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