OSM FACT SHEET
August 23, 2000

               OSM AWARDS ALABAMA $3,407,353 GRANT
                 FOR ABANDONED MINE LANDS PROGRAM

     The Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and 
Enforcement (OSM)  has awarded Alabama a $3,407,353
grant to fund the State's Appalachian Clean Streams
Initiative 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 William
Guyette (334) 242-8265.