OSM FACT SHEET
U.S. Department of the Interior                 
Office of Surface Mining
NOV 13, 1997

OSM AWARDS NAVAJO TRIBE $l75,379 ABANDONED MINE LANDS
GRANT


The Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
(OSM) has awarded the Navajo Indian Tribe a $175,379 grant to assist in funding
the tribe's abandoned mine land (AML) reclamation program on tribal lands in
Arizona and New Mexico.

Legislation was enacted in July 1987 authorizing Indian Tribes to operate their own
AML reclamation programs, while OSM continues to administer the federal
regulatory program for coal mine reclamation on Indian Lands and the AML Fund.

For additional information about the grant contact Madeline Roanhorse (520)871 -
7593.