OSM FACT SHEET
U.S. Department of the Interior
Office of Surface Mining
January 22, 1998

OSM AWARDS CROW TRIBE $181,075 GRANT 
FOR ABANDONED MINE LANDS PROGRAM

The Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement (OSM) has awarded Crow Tribe a $181,075 grant to administer the
abandoned mine lands (AML) reclamation program on Tribal lands 
in Montana.  Legislation was enacted in July of 1987 authorizing Indian 
Tribes to operate their own AML reclamation programs, while OSM continues to 
administer the federal regulatory program for coal mine reclamation on Indian 
Lands.

-DOI

For additional information about the grant contact Hugh white 
Clay (406) 638-2894.