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The NewsRoom
Release:
Date: November 17, 2009
MMS Disburses $10.68 Billion in FY 2009
Funding
Recipients Include States, American Indians, and Eligible Counties
DENVER, CO
– The
Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management
Service (MMS) today announced that it disbursed
more than $10.68 billion in Fiscal Year 2009
from revenues collected from energy and mineral
production on Federal and American Indian lands,
including energy and mineral production on the
Federal Outer Continental Shelf.
“In these tough economic conditions, these
funds are a critical source of revenue for
states, Indian nations, and local governments,”
said Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. “The
billions of dollars being disbursed will support
much needed projects such as land and water
conservation efforts around the United States,
power and water projects in the West, critical
infrastructure improvements, and funding for
education.”
Of the $10.68 billion, $1.99 billion was
disbursed directly to states and eligible
political subdivisions such as counties and
parishes. Another $5.74 billion was disbursed to
the U.S. Treasury; $449 million was disbursed to
34 American Indian Tribes and 30,000 individual
American Indian mineral owners; $1.45 billion
was contributed to the Reclamation Fund for
water projects; and $899 million went to the
Land & Water Conservation Fund, along with $150
million to the Historic Preservation Fund. A
complete breakout of FY 2009 disbursements is
available at
www.mrm.mms.gov.
In all, 35 states received funding from
Federal energy revenues during FY 2009. This
week, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and
Texas, and their eligible political
subdivisions, will receive additional funds
totaling $2.7 million under the 2006 Gulf of
Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA). A complete
breakout of GOMESA funding and recipients is at
www.mrm.mms.gov.
The GOMESA funds
provide states and eligible coastal political
subdivisions with much needed resources to fund
coastal protection; Federally-approved marine,
coastal, or comprehensive conservation
management plans; and the administrative costs
of complying with the law.
Fact Sheet
State Disbursement
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