OSM Fact Sheet
February 1, 2001
 
 
             OSM AWARDS NORTH DAKOTA $1,806,390 GRANT

                FOR ABANDONED MINE LANDS PROJECTS

     The Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement (OSM) is providing North Dakota a $1,806,390 grant to fund
the State's abandoned mine lands (AML) program.
     The grant money comes from the National Abandoned Mine
Reclamation Fund, which receives reclamation fees from active coal
producers at the rate of 35 cents per ton of surface mined coal and 15
cents per ton of coal mined underground.
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 NOTE: For further information about the grant, contact:   Bill Powell (307)
261-6546.