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OSM Seal Abandoned Mine Land Fee Collections and Funding: 2000
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Expenditures from the Fund are made through the regular budgetary and appropriation process. The Surface Mining Law specifies that 50 percent of the reclamation fees collected in each state with an approved reclamation program, or within Indian lands where the tribe has an approved reclamation program, are to be allocated to that state or tribe. This 50 percent is designated as the state or tribal share of the fund. The remaining 50 percent (the federal share) is used by the Office of Surface Mining to complete high priority and emergency projects under its Federal Reclamation Program, to fund the Small Operator Assistance Program, to fund additional projects directly through state reclamation programs, and to pay collection, audit, and administrative costs. In 1991, at the direction of Congress, a formula to distribute federal-share money to the state reclamation programs was established based on historic coal production. Collections and funding by states for 2000 are shown below. Statistics for 1999 are also available.
State/Tribe Collections1 State Share
Distribution2		Federal Share
Distribution2		Emergency
Distribution2		Clean Streams
Distribution2		Total Distribution2
Alabama$3,641,185$1,538,850$1,639,129$400,000$259,269$3,837,248
Alaska579,648159,8181,340,18225,00001,525,000
Arkansas10,35701,500,00015,00001,515,000
Colorado6,036,5781,674,054798,828002,472,882
Illinois5,952,3652,699,4196,072,393637,200622,41810,031,430
Indiana10,191,8523,169,4951,976,981336,100286,9445,769,520
Iowa7,1844,9041,495,0960164,3171,664,317
Kansas104,66742,7041,457,296465,00001,965,000
Kentucky30,436,77410,565,2805,951,3290612,50217,129,111
Louisiana343,48798,61100098,611
Maryland953,116214,4681,285,5320156,5901,656,590
Mississippi200000
Missouri114,527106,6571,393,34349,800163,4841,713,284
Montana12,249,4313,685,9980125,00003,810,998
New Mexico6,121,4081,569,295194,205001,763,500
North Dakota3,128,859929,462570,538100,00001,600,000
Ohio5,194,0802,096,3973,722,4552,000,000429,9248,248,776
Oklahoma546,896179,8661,320,13460,000147,9241,707,924
Pennsylvania414,258,8074,987,03419,628,98701,732,90326,648,924
Tennessee727,11400000
Texas5,071,3651,638,8540001,638,854
Utah4,087,6401,100,851512,335001,613,186
Virginia6,566,2632,191,1331,826,6501,000,000274,6305,292,413
Washington1,337,40700000
West Virginia333,776,5789,503,95911,281,1871,060,9001,049,90022,895,141
Wyoming112,735,78626,420,58000026,420,580
Crow Tribe2,013,703556,807000556,807
Hopi Tribe1,925,630413,867000413,867
Navajo Nation6,173,4832,633,0370002,633,037
Total$ 274,286,192$ 78,181,400$ 63,966,600$ 6,274,000$ 5,900,000$ 154,622,000

1. The collections total also does not include federal collections of $10,911 paid to the Office of Surface Mining which are not attributable to any state or tribal entity.
2. The term “Distribution” is now used instead of “Allocation.” Allocation refers to the “pooling” of monies collected for the AML Fund. State and Federal share distribution amounts are based on formulas and parameters provided annually by the Assistant Director, Program Support. The emergency program distribution amounts are based on estimates provided by the states and approved by the Deputy Director.
3. The State of West Virginia received an additional $1,939,100 from an account which holds unalloted enmergency funds that have been recovered from prior years and carried forward for future emergency needs. West Virginia’s total 2000 emergency funding is $3,000,000.
4. Pennsylvania received an additional distribution of $300,000 for Acid Mine Drainage Special Demonstration Project.

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