OSM FACT SHEET
U.S. Department of the Interior
Office of Surface Mining
June 25, 1998
                                             
OSM AWARDS MISSOURI $1,57,901 GRANT
FOR ABANDONED MINE LANDS PROGRAM      
                                    
The Interior Department s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement (OSM) has awarded Missouri a $1,571,901 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.

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For additional information about the grant, contact Clint Bishop (573)
751-4041.