Scale (from Ward, 1998)

Largest Mines > 10,000 Acres (4000 ha)

Individual Fills up to 250 Acres (U.S. EPA)

1997 WV Legislature: 480 Acres

Mountain-Top Removal =

2/3rds of New Surface Mine Permits

ɮ % of WV Strip Mined since SMCRA

ᡌ % of Some Counties are Permitted