Manual for Abandoned Underground Mine Inventory and Risk Assessment
Acknowledgements

Agencies and Individuals Who Have Contributed to The Content of This Manual

1. ODOT

   Principle Writer, Editor and Team Coordinator:
   L. Rick Ruegsegger, P.E., Office of Materials Management

   ODOT Abandoned Underground Mine Inventory and Risk Assessment Technical Team: Those individuals who contributed to process development, and the technical content and editing of this manual:

   George A. Beiter, P.E., Planning, District 5
   Eugene C. Geiger, P.E., Office of Materials Management
   James R.Graham, P.E., Highway Management, District 11
   Thomas E. Lefchik, P.E., Ohio Division Office, FHWA
   David E. Melick, P.E., Retired
   Harold Neuhart, Highway Management, District 5
   Renee M. Payette, P.E., Highway Management, District 5
   L. Rick Ruegsegger, P.E., Office of Materials Management

2. OTHER STATE OF OHIO AGENCIES:

   State agencies and individual employees who provided technical assistance in various forms in support of the ODOT development of this manual.

   ODNR

   Doug Crowell, Division of Geological Survey (DGS)
   Joe Noonan, P.E., Division of Mining and Reclamation (DMR)
   Harry Payne, Division of Mining and Reclamation (DMR)

   OEPA

   Robert Knipmeyer, Director's Office
   Mary Lou Hodnett, Division of Drinking and Ground Water
   Valerie Orr, Division of Drinking and Ground Water

   Ohio Mine Subsidence Insurance Underwriting Association

   T.A. Brininger

3. FEDERAL AGENCIES Federal agencies and individual employees who provided technical assistance in various forms in support of the ODOT development of this manual.

   U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining

   Columbus Office
   Daniel Schrum
   Steven Koratich, P.E.

   Appalachian Regional Coordinating Center
   Michael K. Robinson
   Jesse L. Craft, Ph. D.
   Kewal Kohli

   U.S Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey

   Water Resources Division, Columbus, Ohio
   Rodney A. Sheets

   Federal Highway Administration

   Washington, D.C. Office,
   Geotechnical Group
   Richard S. Cheney, P.E.

   Region 5 Office
   Peter W. Osborn, P. E.

   Ohio Division Office
   William C. Jones, P.E.
   Thomas Lefchik, P.E.

4. OTHER STATE TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES Transportation agencies of other states and individual employees who provided technical assistance in various forms in support of the ODOT development of this manual.

   Illinois Department of Transportation

   Alan G. Goodfield, Ph.D.

   Kansas Department of Transportation

   Robert Henthorne

   Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

   James C. Grider, P.E.
   Earl Wright, P.G.

   Maryland State Highway Administration

   David Martin

   Missouri Department of Transportation

   George Davis
   Tim Newton

   New York State Department of Transportation

   Wesley P. Moody
   Austars R. Schnore
   Alexander Yasezitch

   North Dakota Public Service Commission

   William Dodd
   Bruce Beechie

   Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

   William R. Adams, Jr., P.E.

   West Virginia Department of Highways

   Gary L. Robson
   Glenn Sherman

5. OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS Organizations and individuals who provided technical assistance in various forms in support of the ODOT development of this manual.

   West Virginia University
   Department of Mining Engineering
   Dr. Syd Peng, Ph. D.