Annual Evaluation Summary Report for the Regulatory and Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Programs on the Navajo Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Program for Evaluation Year 2003 (October 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003)

摘要

This annual evaluation report is produced by the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) in fulfillment of its Statutory responsibility (under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, (SMCRA)) to annually assess the accomplishments of the Navajo Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program (Navajo AML Program). The Navajo AML Program is under the Navajo Nation's Division of Natural Resources. The annual report consists of OSM's oversight findings based on field inspections and meetings with the Navajo Abandoned Mine Land Program during the 9-month evaluation period beginning October 1, 2002 and ending June 30, 2003. This evaluation period is 9-months duration rather than the usual 12-months, in order to accommodate OSM's desire to move to an annual oversight schedule that will end in June rather than September. Henceforth, there will be a 12-month oversight evaluation period that begins on July 1st and ends on June 30th.