OSM FACT SHEET
  April 2, 2001
  
  
             OSM AWARDS PENNSYLVANIA $37,763,485 GRANT
                  FOR ABANDONED MINE LANDS PROGRAM
       The Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
  and Enforcement (OSM) announced today that Pennsylvania has been
  awarded a $37,763,485 grant to fund the state's abandoned mine land
  (AML)  reclamation program.  
       Funds for AML grants come from fees paid by coal producers at
  the rate of 35 cents per ton of surface mined coal and 15 cents per ton
  of coal mined underground.
                                -DOI-
  
  For further information about the grant contact Roderick Fletcher (717)
  783-2267.