OSM FACT SHEET
U.S. Department of the Interior    
Office of Surface Mining
November 13, 1997

OSM AWARDS HOPI TRIBE $28,000 ABANDONED MINE LANDS GRANT

The Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement (OSM) has awarded the Hopi Indian Tribe a $28,000 grant to assist in
funding the tribe's abandoned mine lands (AML) reclamation program on Tribal
lands in Arizona.

Legislation was enacted in 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.

For additional information about the grant contact Norman Honie, Jr., at (520) 734-2441-- ext. 217.