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Latest Action: 03/30/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Bill TextTo amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prevent acid mine drainage into the Great Lakes. 3/29/2007--Introduced. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (popularly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the issuance of a permit under such Act for a discharge associated with the mining of a sulfide ore body within 20 miles of any of the Great Lakes unless the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Administrator (or the state in the case of an approved permit program) that the mining activity will not result in acid mine drainage into the Lakes.
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Latest Action: 11/05/2007 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Bill TextTo modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims, and for other purposes. 11/1/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) States this Act applies to any mining claim, millsite claim, or tunnel site claim: (1) located under the general mining laws before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act; or (2) used for beneficiation or mineral processing activities, regardless of whether legal and beneficial title to the mineral is held by the United States. Title I: Mineral Exploration and Development - (Sec. 101) Conditions federal issuance of a patent for any mining or millsite claim located under the general mining laws upon specified determinations by the Secretary of the Interior. (Sec. 102) Subjects production of locatable minerals, including mineral concentrates [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/30/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. Bill TextTo amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to prevent acid mine drainage into the Great Lakes. 3/29/2007--Introduced. Amends Safe Drinking Water Act provisions regarding regulations governing state underground injection programs to prohibit: (1) the issuance of a permit for any underground injection associated with the mining of a sulfide ore body within 20 miles of any of the Great Lakes unless the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the state that the mining activity will not result in acid mine drainage into the Great Lakes; and (2) the promulgation of a program rule that authorizes such an underground injection.
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Latest Action: 11/01/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13687-13688) Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines, and for other purposes. 11/1/2007--Introduced. Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock Mining Industry Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow the percentage depletion allowance for hardrock mines located on land currently subject to the general mining laws, or on land patented under such laws. Establishes in the Treasury the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Trust Fund. Appropriates to such Fund amounts equal to 25% of the additional revenues received due to the disallowance of the depletion allowance for hardrock mines proposed by this Act. Prescribes guidelines under which such Fund shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior for reclamation and restoration of lands and water resources adversely affected by mineral and mineral material mining (excluding coal and fluid minerals).
Latest Action: 10/31/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Bill TextTo facilitate the reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines, and for other purposes. 10/30/2007--Introduced. Good Samaritan Cleanup of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2007- Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to authorize the permitting authority, with the concurrence of the state in which an abandoned or inactive mine remediation project is proposed or a federal agency or the Indian tribe which owns or has jurisdiction over the site on which a remediation project is proposed, to issue a Good Samaritan discharge permit to a Good Samaritan to carry out a project to remediate an inactive or abandoned mine site to reduce pollution caused by historic mine residue. Outlines the permit process, including requirements governing remediation plans, investigative sampling, and application review and approval.Defines the term "Good Samaritan" to mean a person that, with respect to historic mine residue at an inactive or [...] show full description
Latest Action: 11/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Bill TextTo amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify the minimum distribution under that Act to certain States and Indian tribes. 10/31/2007--Introduced. Makes a technical amendment to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 with respect to minimum distributions from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to certain states and Indian tribes with approved abandoned mine reclamation programs. Exempts from any other requirements or restrictions of such Act the requirement that the Secretary of the Interior ensure that grant awards for approved abandoned mine reclamation programs total at least $3 million annually to each state and each Indian tribe with an approved program (including those which otherwise do not meet the active mining threshold for full funding), as well as eligible land and water, so long as an allocation of funds to the state or tribe is necessary to achieve specified reclamation priorities.
Latest Action: 12/13/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15468) Bill TextA bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to provide an exception for certain States with respect to the distribution of amounts by the Secretary of the Interior from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund. 12/13/2007--Introduced. Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 with respect to fiscal year distributions by the Secretary of the Interior from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund for states having an approved abandoned mine reclamation program (in particular, the active mining threshold required of states to meet the minimum funding threshold). Exempts minimum program states from specified mandatory reductions in such distributions (because they fail to meet the active mining threshold requirement).
Also tagged in: Colorado, Drainage, Environmental protection, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste sites, Hazardous wastes, Infrastructure, Maintenance and repair, Mine water, Solid wastes, Transportation, Tunnels, Waste water treatment, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water resources, Water treatment plants
Latest Action: 06/20/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Bill TextTo direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to remedy problems caused by a collapsed drainage tunnel in Leadville, Colorado, and for other purposes. 6/19/2008--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Remediation Act of 2008 - Amends the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to repeal a provision requiring construction of a water treatment plant to treat effluent discharged from the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel, Colorado. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the implementation of the operable unit 6 remedy for the California Gulch Superfund Site, as defined in the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2003 Record of Decision for such unit, by: (1) treating water behind any blockage or bulkhead in the Tunnel; and (2) managing and maintaining the mine pool behind such blockage or bulkhead at a level that precludes surface [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Subcommittee on Water and Power. Date of scheduled hearing. SD-366. 2:15 p.m. Bill TextA bill to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to require the Secretary of the Interior to take certain actions to address environmental problems associated with the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. 2/28/2008--Introduced. Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Environmental Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to repeal provisions requiring construction of a water treatment plant to treat effluent discharged from the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel, Colorado, and authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to investigate water pollution sources and impacts attributed to development in the Upper Arkansas River basin, develop corrective action plans, and implement corrective action demonstration projects. Requires the Secretary to operate and maintain the Tunnel in a manner that protects human health and the environment.Directs the [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/12/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2001-2002) Bill TextA bill to modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims, and for other purposes. 3/12/2008--Introduced. Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act of 2008 - Applies this Act to any mining claim, millsite claim, or tunnel site claim: (1) located under the general mining laws; or (2) used for beneficiation or mineral processing activities, regardless of whether legal and beneficial title to the mineral is held by the United States. Subjects production of locatable minerals from any mining claim, including mineral concentrates or products derived from such minerals, to a royalty of 8% of the gross income from mining. Imposes a 4% royalty upon federal lands subject to an existing operations permit and producing valuable locatable minerals in commercial quantities. Establishes a civil penalty for failure to comply with royalty requirements, including underreporting. [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/12/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2001-2002) Bill TextA bill to modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims, and for other purposes. 3/12/2008--Introduced. Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act of 2008 - Applies this Act to any mining claim, millsite claim, or tunnel site claim: (1) located under the general mining laws; or (2) used for beneficiation or mineral processing activities, regardless of whether legal and beneficial title to the mineral is held by the United States. Subjects production of locatable minerals from any mining claim, including mineral concentrates or products derived from such minerals, to a royalty of 8% of the gross income from mining. Imposes a 4% royalty upon federal lands subject to an existing operations permit and producing valuable locatable minerals in commercial quantities. Establishes a civil penalty for failure to comply with royalty requirements, including underreporting. [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Colorado, Drainage, Environmental protection, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste sites, Hazardous wastes, Infrastructure, Maintenance and repair, Mine water, Solid wastes, Transportation, Tunnels, Waste water treatment, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water resources, Water treatment plants
Latest Action: 06/20/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Bill TextTo direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to remedy problems caused by a collapsed drainage tunnel in Leadville, Colorado, and for other purposes. 6/19/2008--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Remediation Act of 2008 - Amends the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to repeal a provision requiring construction of a water treatment plant to treat effluent discharged from the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel, Colorado. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the implementation of the operable unit 6 remedy for the California Gulch Superfund Site, as defined in the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2003 Record of Decision for such unit, by: (1) treating water behind any blockage or bulkhead in the Tunnel; and (2) managing and maintaining the mine pool behind such blockage or bulkhead at a level that precludes surface [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Aquatic ecology, Colorado, Drainage, Emergency management, Environmental protection, Flood control, Governmental investigations, Groundwater, Hazardous substances, Hazardous wastes, Infrastructure, Maintenance and repair, Mine water, Solid wastes, Transportation, Tunnels, Waste water treatment, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water quality, Water resources, Water treatment plants, Watersheds
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Subcommittee on Water and Power. Date of scheduled hearing. SD-366. 2:15 p.m. Bill TextA bill to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to require the Secretary of the Interior to take certain actions to address environmental problems associated with the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. 2/28/2008--Introduced. Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Environmental Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to repeal provisions requiring construction of a water treatment plant to treat effluent discharged from the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel, Colorado, and authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to investigate water pollution sources and impacts attributed to development in the Upper Arkansas River basin, develop corrective action plans, and implement corrective action demonstration projects. Requires the Secretary to operate and maintain the Tunnel in a manner that protects human health and the environment.Directs the [...] show full description
Latest Action: 12/13/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15468) Bill TextA bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to provide an exception for certain States with respect to the distribution of amounts by the Secretary of the Interior from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund. 12/13/2007--Introduced. Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 with respect to fiscal year distributions by the Secretary of the Interior from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund for states having an approved abandoned mine reclamation program (in particular, the active mining threshold required of states to meet the minimum funding threshold). Exempts minimum program states from specified mandatory reductions in such distributions (because they fail to meet the active mining threshold requirement).
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Budgets, Business, Depletion allowances, Energy, Environmental protection, Government trust funds, Income tax, Land subsidence, Mines and mineral resources, Mining claims, Natural resources, Public lands, Reclamation of land, Revegetation, Sedimentation, Soil erosion, Solid wastes, Strip mining, Tax deductions, Taxation, Water pollution, Water pollution control
Latest Action: 11/01/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13687-13688) Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines, and for other purposes. 11/1/2007--Introduced. Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock Mining Industry Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow the percentage depletion allowance for hardrock mines located on land currently subject to the general mining laws, or on land patented under such laws. Establishes in the Treasury the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Trust Fund. Appropriates to such Fund amounts equal to 25% of the additional revenues received due to the disallowance of the depletion allowance for hardrock mines proposed by this Act. Prescribes guidelines under which such Fund shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior for reclamation and restoration of lands and water resources adversely affected by mineral and mineral material mining (excluding coal and fluid minerals).
Latest Action: 11/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Bill TextTo amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify the minimum distribution under that Act to certain States and Indian tribes. 10/31/2007--Introduced. Makes a technical amendment to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 with respect to minimum distributions from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to certain states and Indian tribes with approved abandoned mine reclamation programs. Exempts from any other requirements or restrictions of such Act the requirement that the Secretary of the Interior ensure that grant awards for approved abandoned mine reclamation programs total at least $3 million annually to each state and each Indian tribe with an approved program (including those which otherwise do not meet the active mining threshold for full funding), as well as eligible land and water, so long as an allocation of funds to the state or tribe is necessary to achieve specified reclamation priorities.
Latest Action: 10/31/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Bill TextTo facilitate the reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines, and for other purposes. 10/30/2007--Introduced. Good Samaritan Cleanup of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2007- Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to authorize the permitting authority, with the concurrence of the state in which an abandoned or inactive mine remediation project is proposed or a federal agency or the Indian tribe which owns or has jurisdiction over the site on which a remediation project is proposed, to issue a Good Samaritan discharge permit to a Good Samaritan to carry out a project to remediate an inactive or abandoned mine site to reduce pollution caused by historic mine residue. Outlines the permit process, including requirements governing remediation plans, investigative sampling, and application review and approval.Defines the term "Good Samaritan" to mean a person that, with respect to historic mine residue at an inactive or [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Citizen lawsuits, Criminal justice, Energy, Environmental law enforcement, Environmental protection, Fines (Penalties), Fraud, Government trust funds, Grants-in-aid, Hazardous substances, Judicial review, Law, Local laws, Mines and mineral resources, Mining claims, Mining royalties, Natural resources, Oil shales, Public lands, Reclamation of land, Solid wastes, State and local government, State laws, Strip mining, User charges
Latest Action: 11/05/2007 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Bill TextTo modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims, and for other purposes. 11/1/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) States this Act applies to any mining claim, millsite claim, or tunnel site claim: (1) located under the general mining laws before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act; or (2) used for beneficiation or mineral processing activities, regardless of whether legal and beneficial title to the mineral is held by the United States. Title I: Mineral Exploration and Development - (Sec. 101) Conditions federal issuance of a patent for any mining or millsite claim located under the general mining laws upon specified determinations by the Secretary of the Interior. (Sec. 102) Subjects production of locatable minerals, including mineral concentrates [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Drainage, Environmental protection, Great Lakes, Law, Licenses, Mine water, Mining engineering, Natural resources, Solid wastes, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water resources
Latest Action: 03/30/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Bill TextTo amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prevent acid mine drainage into the Great Lakes. 3/29/2007--Introduced. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (popularly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the issuance of a permit under such Act for a discharge associated with the mining of a sulfide ore body within 20 miles of any of the Great Lakes unless the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Administrator (or the state in the case of an approved permit program) that the mining activity will not result in acid mine drainage into the Lakes.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Drainage, Environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Executive departments, Great Lakes, Law, Licenses, Mine water, Mining engineering, Natural resources, Solid wastes, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water resources
Latest Action: 03/30/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. Bill TextTo amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to prevent acid mine drainage into the Great Lakes. 3/29/2007--Introduced. Amends Safe Drinking Water Act provisions regarding regulations governing state underground injection programs to prohibit: (1) the issuance of a permit for any underground injection associated with the mining of a sulfide ore body within 20 miles of any of the Great Lakes unless the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the state that the mining activity will not result in acid mine drainage into the Great Lakes; and (2) the promulgation of a program rule that authorizes such an underground injection.
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