33 U.S.C. § 1257 : US Code - Section 1257: Mine water pollution control demonstrations

Search 33 U.S.C. § 1257 : US Code - Section 1257: Mine water pollution control demonstrations

(a) Comprehensive approaches to elimination or control of mine
water pollution
The Administrator in cooperation with the Appalachian Regional
Commission and other Federal agencies is authorized to conduct, to
make grants for, or to contract for, projects to demonstrate
comprehensive approaches to the elimination or control of acid or
other mine water pollution resulting from active or abandoned
mining operations and other environmental pollution affecting water
quality within all or part of a watershed or river basin, including
siltation from surface mining. Such projects shall demonstrate the
engineering and economic feasibility and practicality of various
abatement techniques which will contribute substantially to
effective and practical methods of acid or other mine water
pollution elimination or control, and other pollution affecting
water quality, including techniques that demonstrate the
engineering and economic feasibility and practicality of using
sewage sludge materials and other municipal wastes to diminish or
prevent pollution affecting water quality from acid, sedimentation,
or other pollutants and in such projects to restore affected lands
to usefulness for forestry, agriculture, recreation, or other
beneficial purposes.
(b) Consistency of projects with objectives of subtitle IV of title
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Prior to undertaking any demonstration project under this section
in the Appalachian region (as defined in section 14102(a)(1) and
(b) of title 40), the Appalachian Regional Commission shall
determine that such demonstration project is consistent with the
objectives of subtitle IV of title 40.
(c) Watershed selection
The Administrator, in selecting watersheds for the purposes of
this section, shall be satisfied that the project area will not be
affected adversely by the influx of acid or other mine water
pollution from nearby sources.
(d) Conditions upon Federal participation
Federal participation in such projects shall be subject to the
conditions -
(1) that the State shall acquire any land or interests therein
necessary for such project; and
(2) that the State shall provide legal and practical protection
to the project area to insure against any activities which will
cause future acid or other mine water pollution.
(e) Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 to carry out
the provisions of this section, which sum shall be available until
expended.