Pub. L. 109-432, div. C, tit. II, subtit. A, sec. 203

OBJECTIVES OF FUND.

EnactedYear: 2006Length: 247 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 203. OBJECTIVES OF FUND. Section 403 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233) is amended—(1) in subsection (a)—(A) in paragraph (1)—(i) by striking “(1) the protection” and inserting the following:“(1)(A) the protection;”;(ii) in subparagraph (A) (as designated by clause (i)), by striking “general welfare,”; and(iii) by adding at the end the following:120 STAT. 3016 “(B) the restoration of land and water resources and the environment that—“(i) have been degraded by the adverse effects of coal mining practices; and“(ii) are adjacent to a site that has been or will be remediated under subparagraph (A);”;(B) in paragraph (2)—(i) by striking “(2) the protection” and inserting the following:“(2)(A) the protection”;(ii) in subparagraph (A) (as designated by clause (i), by striking “health, safety, and general welfare” and inserting “health and safety”; and(iii) by adding at the end the following:“(B) the restoration of land and water resources and the environment that—“(i) have been degraded by the adverse effects of coal mining practices; and“(ii) are adjacent to a site that has been or will be remediated under subparagraph (A); and”;(C) in paragraph (3), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period; and(D) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5);(2) in subsection (b)—(A) by striking the subsection heading and inserting “Water Supply Restoration.—”; and(B) in paragraph (1), by striking “up to 30 percent of the”; and(3) in the second sentence of subsection (c), by inserting “, subject to the approval of the Secretary,” after “amendments”.
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