A bill to expand the scope of the small operators assistance program in the 1977 Surface Mining and Reclamation Act.

Summary

Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to make financial assistance available to a coal surface mining operator whose probable total annual production will not exceed 200,000 tons, with regard to: (1) drilling observation wells; (2) meeting planning requirements, including water supply information, climatological information, vegetation information, fish and wildlife resources information, soil resources information, land use information, and mapping requirements; and (3) reclamation and operations activities, including water compliance monitoring and soil tests.

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Timeline

1. 26 February 1981

   Introduced

   Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 26 February 1981

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 26 February 1981

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY] · D · Sponsor
• · sseg00 · Standing

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