PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To protect the public and correct the environmental damage caused by coal and noncoal mining practices that occurred prior to August 3, 1977.

ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY;
- Water Pollution Control;
- Air Pollution Control;
2. NATURAL RESOURCES;
- Mineral Research;

WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- State;
- Local;
- Minority group;

WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments;
- Minority Group;
- Native American Organizations (includes Indian groups, cooperatives, corporations, partnerships, associations);