OSM Fact Sheet
April 15, 2002         
OSM AWARDS NAVAJO TRIBE $435,450
			REGULATORY DEVELOPMENT GRANT

	The Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is providing the Navajo tribe with a $435,450 grant to assist in developing coal mining rules and regulations in support of a permanent regulatory program for tribal lands in Arizona and New Mexico.  
	The grant evolved from the 1992 Energy Policy Act.
     
	  				-DOI-  

For further information about the grant contact Akhtar Zaman (928) 871-6587.