OSM FACT SHEET
                U.S. Department of the Interior
                    Office of Surface Mining
                         April 21, 1998
                                
                                
               OSM AWARDS MISSOURI $503,520 GRANT
                FOR ABANDONED MINE LANDS PROGRAM
                                
                                
The Interior Department s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement(OSM) has awarded Missouri a $503,520 grant to assist in funding the
State s abandoned mine line (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.

The $503,520 grant is made up of monies carried over from prior year funding..
                                
                              -DOI
                                
For additional information about the grant, contact Clint Bishop (573) 751-4041.