OSM FACT SHEET
                                          U.S. Department of the Interior          
                       Office of Surface Mining
                           February 4, 1998
                                                          
                                                          OSM AWARDS OKLAHOMA $1,500,000 GRANT
                     FOR ABANDONED MINE LANDS PROGRAM
                                     
The Interior Department s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
(OSM) announced today that Oklahoma has been awarded a $1,500,000 grant to fund the
state s abandoned mine land (AML) reclamation program.
Funds for AML grants come from fees paid by coal producers at the rate of 35
cents per ton of surface mined coal and 15 cents per ton of coal mined underground.

                                   -DOI