OSM FACT SHEET
U.S. Department of the Interior            Office of Surface Mining
June 11, 1997

            OSM AWARDS NEW MEXICO $1,636,066
      FOR ABANDONED MINE LANDS PROJECTS

The Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement (OSM) is providing News Mexico a $1,636,066 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.

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    NOTE: For further information about the grant, contact Rick Martinez (505) 827-
5978.