OSM FACT SHEET
U.S. Department of the Interior      Office of Surface Mining
September 24, 1997

OSM AWARDS KENTUCKY $100,000 GRANT
FOR WILD BRANCH MINE RECLAMATION PROJECT

The Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement (OSM) has awarded Kentucky a federal cooperative agreement grant
for $100,000 to assist in funding for the State's's Wild Branch Mine Reclamation
project with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service..

The $100,000 grant funds reclamation at the site in the Daniel Boone
National Forest.

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For further information about the grant contact Steve Hohmann (502) 564-2141.