OSM FACT SHEET
June 7, 2001 
 
                  OSM AWARDS MONTANA $3,972,187

                 FOR ABANDONED MINE LANDS PROGRAM

     The Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement (OSM) is providing Montana a $3,972,187 grant to fund the
State's abandoned mine lands (AML) program.
     The grant money comes from the National Abandoned Mine
Reclamation Fund, which receives reclamation fees from active coal
producers at the rate of 35 cents per ton of surface mined coal and 15
cents per ton of coal mined underground.
                              -DOI-
 NOTE: For further information about the grant, contact Vic Andersen (406)
444-4972.