This study began with two implicit hypotheses: the regulatory process governing coal mining might cause major shortfalls in the future supply of coal; and the regulatory process could be made more efficient by addressing the duplication of agencies involved and the general lack of comprehension by any of the involved parties of the overall regulatory picture. In this context efficiency is defined as satisfying the goals and objectives of regulation while minimizing the combined costs, both direct and indirect, for the applicant and the responsible government agency. The reconnaissance effort produced the following results: comprehensive and up-to-date catalogs of State and Federal permit documents for three sample states, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Colorado; detailed industry and agency comments and advice relating to the permit/regulatory process; a more precise and useful definition of ''permit''; more precise hypotheses to be examined; and an expanded list of possible approaches to permit integration. These results are presented in four volumes. Supplements A, B, and C are catalogs of permits, scheduled to be available as open file reports. In this volume, Chapter II briefly comments on the permits; Chapter III summarizes industry views; and Chapter IV discusses the other issues raised during the reconnaissance.