Office of Surface Mining
Fact Sheet
2-7-02
 
       	OSM AWARDS NORTH DAKOTA $1,679,202 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 $1,679,202 grant consists of $1,600,000 in current year money 

plus $79,202 in funds carried over from prior year funding.

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:  Lou Ogaard (701) 328-4108.