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11 the Board directly issues permits and takes enforcement actions, whereas under . the Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, the Board serves as an appellate body for the review of decisions made by the Coal regulatory program within the Office. The Board approves the reclamation projects to reclaim abandoned mines. Specific Work Units The Division of Minerals and Geology is comprised of the Office of Mined Land Reclamation (MLR), the Office of Active and Inactive Mines (Mines) and the Colorado Geological Survey (CGS). The CGS is not interested in imaging at this time. The MLR includes the Coal Program and the Minerals Program. Mines includes the Inactive Mine Reclamation Program and the Mine Safety and Training Program. Coal Prooram (25.0 FTE) The coal regulatory program was developed in response to the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, which requires all coal mines in the United States to meet minimum performance standards for environmental and public protection and reclamation. A state may gain pr_imacy and administer its own program under this Act provided that the state coal mining and reclamation law, regulations and regulatory program meet national minimum requirements. Colorado decided to administer its own coal regulatory program and enacted the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act in 1979. Pursuant to the Coal . Act, the Mined Land Reclamation Board promulgated rules and regulations for . coal mining and reclamation activities in 1980. The Coal Act requires that each permitted coal mine shall be inspected by the Office on the average of not less than one partial inspection per month, and one complete inspection per calendar quarter, (four complete and eight partial inspections; twelve inspections per year). The state statute requires that each permit application, permit renewal, permit revision, and technical revision shall be processed within established time frames. Review time frames and procedures, as well as enforcement actions, are legally mandated. Failure to meet these requirements would jeopardize the continuation of a state administered program. Minerals Prooram (23.0 FTE) Under the Mined Land Reclamation Act, the Board and the Minerals Program issue and enforce mining and reclamation permits for all non-coal mines in Colorado on state, federal and private lands. The mining industry and its support industries are a major economic base within the State of Colorado. In addition, many mining operations generate royalty payments to the state when mining activities occur on state lands. In total, there are 1841 mines with permitted areas totalling over 132,407 acres. The current area affected is 80,225 acres. . 70