OSM FACT SHEET
October 25, 2000
                 
                OSM AWARDS NAVAJO TRIBE $4,270,653
                    ABANDONED MINE LANDS GRANT
                                 
     The Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement (OSM) has awarded the Navajo Indian Tribe a $4,270,653
grant to assist in funding the tribe's abandoned mine land (AML)
reclamation program on tribal lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
     Legislation was enacted in July 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 and the AML Fund.
                              -DOI-
For additional information about the grant contact Madeline Roanhorse
(520) 871-7593.