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Manual for Abandoned Underground Mine Inventory and Risk Assessment
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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.
Updated: 06/27/2017
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