Senator Manchin on Abandoned Mine Land Funds and Office of Surface Mining Merger with BLM

Feb 28, 2012, 11:42 AM

Senator Manchin (KY) asks about grant funding process changes which he "applauds" and asks about the calculation of savings from abandoned mine land money grants, which are now "going where the need is." He also questions the merger between the Office of Surface MIning and Bureau of Land Management, noting the long-term partnerships between environmental and eocnomic needs of OSM.