2021 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 36 - Water Resources Development
Subchapter V - General Provisions
Sec. 2336 - Abandoned and inactive noncoal mine restoration
| 33 U.S.C. § 2336 (2021) |
| §2336. Abandoned and inactive noncoal mine restoration |
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(a) In general
The Secretary may provide technical, planning, and design assistance to Federal and non-Federal interests for carrying out projects to address water quality problems caused by drainage and related activities from abandoned and inactive noncoal mines. (b) Specific measuresAssistance provided under subsection (a) may be in support of projects for the purposes of— (1) managing drainage from abandoned and inactive noncoal mines; (2) restoring and protecting streams, rivers, wetlands, other waterbodies, and riparian areas degraded by drainage from abandoned and inactive noncoal mines; and (3) demonstrating management practices and innovative and alternative treatment technologies to minimize or eliminate adverse environmental effects associated with drainage from abandoned and inactive noncoal mines. The non-Federal share of the cost of assistance under subsection (a) shall be 50 percent, except that the Federal share with respect to projects located on land owned by the United States shall be 100 percent. (d) Effect on authority of Secretary of the InteriorNothing in this section affects 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.). (e) Technology database for reclamation of abandoned minesThe Secretary may provide assistance to non-Federal and nonprofit entities to develop, manage, and maintain a database of conventional and innovative, cost-effective technologies for reclamation of abandoned and inactive noncoal mine sites. Such assistance shall be provided through the Rehabilitation of Abandoned Mine Sites Program managed by the Sacramento District Office of the Corps of Engineers. (f) Authorization of appropriationsThere is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $30,000,000. |
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(Pub. L. 106–53, title V, §560, Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 354; Pub. L. 108–137, title I, §118, Dec. 1, 2003, 117 Stat. 1836; Pub. L. 110–114, title II, §2025, Nov. 8, 2007, 121 Stat. 1079; Pub. L. 116–260, div. AA, title III, §302, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2703.) |
| EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, referred to in subsec. (d), is Pub. L. 95–87, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 445, as amended. Title IV of the Act is classified generally to subchapter IV (§1231 et seq.) of chapter 25 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1201 of Title 30 and Tables. CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999, and not as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 which comprises this chapter. AMENDMENTS2020—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 116–260 substituted "$30,000,000" for "$20,000,000". 2007—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 110–114 substituted "$20,000,000" for "$7,500,000". 2003—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 108–137 substituted "$7,500,000" for "$5,000,000". STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES "SECRETARY" DEFINED Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L. 106–53, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
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| Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 36 - WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT SUBCHAPTER V - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 2336 - Abandoned and inactive noncoal mine restoration |
| section 2336 |
| 2021 |
| January 3, 2022 |
| No |
| standard |
| 91 Stat. 445 113 Stat. 354 117 Stat. 1836 121 Stat. 1079 134 Stat. 2703 |
| Public Law 95-87, Public Law 106-53, Public Law 108-137, Public Law 110-114, Public Law 116-260 |
