FACT SHEET
May 16, 2000
         
                 OSM AWARDS NAVAJO TRIBE $373,263
                   REGULATORY DEVELOPMENT GRANT
     The Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement (OSM) is providing the Navajo tribe with a $373,263 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 (520) 871-
6587.