school in 1872, and in 1873 the School of Mines opened under the auspices of the Episcopal Church. In 1874 the School of Mines, supported by the territorial
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File:Reclaimed mine sign.jpg SMCRA grew out of a concern about the environmental effects of strip mining. Coal had been mined in the United States since the 1740s
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safety activities Coal mining in the United States List of coal mines in the United States Mining accident Occupational Safety and Health Act Peters, Gerhard;
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surface and underground mines throughout the United States. It also serves as a location to retrieve mine maps in an emergency. The NMMR provides services
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Regions.gif The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) is a branch of the United States Department of the Interior. It is the federal
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professionals. The ERCs, distributed in regions across the United States, establish academic, labor, and industry research partnerships. The research conducted
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nation's mines. MSHA carries out the mandates of the Mine Act at all mining and mineral processing operations in the United States, regardless of size, number
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exposed to salt water. In 1996, the United States Congress eliminated the Bureau of Mines, with the Albany facility then transferred to the U.S. Department of
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communities and the Office's efforts in support of these aims. The United Nations Mine Action Centre defines "mine action" as removing land mines from the ground
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networks in the United States under the umbrella of the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS). The USGS informs authorities, emergency responders, the media
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of 1783, signed by the United States, the UK, France, and Spain, ceded territory to the United States. In the 1780s, other states relinquished their own
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existed in the early 1900s. In 1910, the U.S. Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Mines established the Pittsburgh Experiment Station in Bruceton
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Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United
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Stored: United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM or SOCOM) is the unified combatant command
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Wyoming (category States of the United States) south by Colorado, on the southwest by Utah, and on the west by Idaho. It is the tenth largest state in the United States in total area, containing 97,814
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from the Congress of the United States embroiled in the debate over slavery. The election of Abraham Lincoln for the President of the United States on November
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formation of NUSC in 1970. In July the next year the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) located in the Tongue of the ocean with the main facility
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and Health in the United States”, American Journal of Public Health As codified in 29 U.S.C. chapter 15 of the United States Code from the Legal Information
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around the globe, the estimated moment magnitude may change as more information is received. The NEIC uses seismograms recorded in the United States as well
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The United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was an agency of the United States government established after World War II by the U.S. Congress to foster
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