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OSM Seal Abandoned Mine Land Fee Collections and Funding: 2003
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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 2003 are shown below. Statistics for 2002, 2001, 2000, and 1999 are also available.
State/Tribe Collections State Share
Distribution1		Federal Share
Distribution1		Emergency
Distribution1		Clean Streams
Distribution1		Total Distribution1
Alabama$3,806,863$1,324,615$1,635,219$400,000$288,411$3,648,245
Alaska338,979155,4211,344,57925,00001,525,000
Arkansas3,2604531,499,54715,00001,515,000
Colorado6,956,3731,741,088796,922002,538,010
Illinois5,969,4372,284,8156,057,907800,000730,3819,873,103
Indiana10,520,4863,076,5251,972,265427,000322,0935,797,883
Iowa03,1631,496,83760,000172,8511,732,851
Kansas69,56133,9321,466,068465,00001,965,000
Kentucky26,710,0439,663,6615,937,1330718,31216,319,106
Louisiana407,25298,71500098,715
Maryland1,048,744244,0421,255,9580163,4461,663,446
Mississippi353,54900000
Missouri141,54575,8551,424,145225,000171,8371,896,837
Montana10,473,4593,512,3160125,00003,637,316
New Mexico5,013,3261,612,445193,742001,806,187
North Dakota3,122,929901,550598,450100,00001,600,000
Ohio4,881,6311,882,1573,713,5762,300,000496,1068,391,839
Oklahoma409,756164,5981,335,402100,000152,9001,752,900
Pennsylvania12,094,4434,552,11719,582,16202,081,89126,186,170
Tennessee758,90800000
Texas4,607,8921,518,1540001,518,154
Utah3,556,9011,093,044509,793001,602,837
Virginia6,304,3832,033,5931,822,2921,200,0000307,1065,362,991
Washington2,321,28600000
West Virginia32,451,2959,572,16311,254,2773,458,0001,249,66625,534,106
Wyoming129,934,23329,305,18800029,305,188
Crow Tribe1,902,197545,954000545,954
Hopi Tribe1,206,203414,114000414,114
Navajo Nation7,189,6632,315,7690002,315,769
Total$282,554,597$78,095,447$63,896,274$9,700,000$6,855,000$158,546,721

1. 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.

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