OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING
For Release  January 17, 1990
Alan Cole (202) 343-4719

RECLAMATION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER SERVICE ANNOUNCED

The Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining today announced
it is issuing a periodic listing of publications, papers, and
events designed to transfer the technology of mined land
reclamation to a wide audience of individuals and organizations
interested in the subject.

OSM's first issue of RecTec, covering land reclamation,
revegetation, and water quality issues, is dated January 1990. 
RecTec previously was issued on a periodic basis by the U.S. Forest
Service in the Department of Agriculture.

RecTec provides current information on upcoming professional
society meetings related to land reclamation, lists calls for
scientific papers in reclamation and related fields, and gives
short abstracts of new technical publications and papers pertinent
to reclamation technology.  It is.designed as a convenient single
source for up-to-date information on events related to reclaiming
land used for surface mining.

RecTec is distributed to government and private-sector reclamation
professionals, mining industry organizations, educators, and
students.  People interested in having information listed in
RecTec, or in being added to the distribution list~ should contact
Robert Wiles or Patricia Lowery, Branch of Research and Technical
Standards, (202) 343-1502.

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