FACT SHEET
May 16, 2000
              
                  OSM AWARDS HOPI TRIBE $130,230
                   REGULATORY DEVELOPMENT GRANT
     The Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement (OSM) is providing the Hopi tribe with a $130,230 grant to
assist in developing coal mining rules and regulations in support of a
permanent regulatory program for tribal lands in Arizona.  
     The grant evolved from the 1992 Energy Policy Act.     
                             -DOI-  

For further information about the grant contact Norman Honie, Jr. (520)
734-7143.