U.S. Department of the Interior
Office of Surface Mining
Fact Sheet
								June 6, 2002
 
 
       	OSM AWARDS NEW MEXICO $3,536,930

	FOR ABANDONED MINE LANDS PROGRAM

The Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement (OSM) is providing New Mexico a $3,536,930 grant to fund the 
State's abandoned mine lands (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.
	-DOI-
 NOTE: For further information about the grant, contact Rick Martinez (505) 
476-3253.