OSM NEWS
U.S Department of the Interior
Office of Surface Mining
						
For Immediate Release:	
Jerry Childress (202) 208-7941  
January 29, 2002
Customer Service Notice:
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                        OSM Web Site Is Back On Line

The Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining (OSM) web site  www.osmre.gov  is 
back in operation today providing a variety of information to OSM customers, following 
a two-month interruption due to a court-ordered shutdown of the agency's internet connections.

The web site was launched in the fall of 1996 giving anyone with Internet access a direct 
link to information about the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) and its 
implementation, at any time.  It is a one-stop information resource that contains a wide variety 
of information about the Office of Surface Mining.

OSM's web site provides:  laws and regulations (SMCRA, state and federal regulations with 
an historical listing of changes, legislative history, etc.), policy documents and directives, 
phone and office directories, news releases, news clips, events and activities, abandoned mine
land information, including online connection to the inventory of abandoned mine hazards, 
research results, appropriations and budget reports, program statistics, a photo library, 
educational pages, and links to state programs and related web sites.

The site is updated daily, so it continually provides the most current information available.  
OSM customers are encouraged to log on to www.osmre.gov today for the best, most 
complete information on the Agency and SMCRA.

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