RESTORATION PROJECTS FOR4.

SEC. 539. RESTORATION PROJECTS FOR. (a) In General.— (1) Technical assistance.—The Secretary may provide technical assistance to non-Federal interests, in cooperation with Federal and State agencies, for reclamation and water quality protection projects for the purpose of abating and mitigating surface water quality degradation caused by abandoned mines along— (A) the North Branch of the Potomac River, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia; (B) the New River, West Virginia, watershed; (C) the Lackawanna River, Pennsylvania; (D) the Soda Butte Creek, Silver Creek, and Elkhorn Mountain drainages, Montana; (E) the Pemigewasset River watershed, New Hampshire; (F) the Hocking River, Ohio; and (G) the Clinch River watershed and Powell River watershed, Virginia. (2) Additional measures.—Projects under paragraph (1) may also include measures for the abatement and mitigation of surface water quality degradation caused by the lack of sanitary wastewater treatment facilities or the need to enhance such facilities. (3) Consultation with federal entities.—Any project under paragraph (1) that is located on lands owned by the United States shall be undertaken in consultation with the Federal entity with administrative jurisdiction over such lands. (b) Federal Share.—The Federal share of the cost of the activities conducted under subsection (a)(1) shall be 50 percent; except that, with respect to projects located on lands owned by the United States, the Federal share shall be 100 percent. (c) Effect on Authority of Secretary of the Interior.—Nothing in this section is intended to affect the authority of the Secretary of the Interior under title IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1231 et seq.). (d) Authorization of Appropriations.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,500,000 for projects undertaken under subsection (a)(1)(A), $1,500,000 for projects undertaken under subsection (a)(1)(B), $5,000,000 for projects undertaken under subsection (a)(1)(C), $5,000,000 for projects undertaken under subsection (a)(1)(D), $1,500,000 for projects undertaken under subsection (a)(1)(E), $2,500,000 for projects undertaken under subsection (a)(1)(F), and $5,000,000 for projects undertaken under subsection (a)(1)(G).