§ 1257a. — State demonstration programs for cleanup of abandoned mines for use as waste disposal sites; authorization of appropriations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC1257a]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 26--WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Sec. 1257a. State demonstration programs for cleanup of
abandoned mines for use as waste disposal sites; authorization
of appropriations
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is
authorized to make grants to States to undertake a demonstration program
for the cleanup of State-owned abandoned mines which can be used as
hazardous waste disposal sites. The State shall pay 10 per centum of
project costs. At a minimum, the Administrator shall undertake projects
under such program in the States of Ohio, Illinois, and West Virginia.
There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 per fiscal year for
each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1982, September 30, 1983,
and September 30, 1984, to carry out this section. Such projects shall
be undertaken in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.
(Pub. L. 96-483, Sec. 12, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2363.)
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act which comprises this chapter.
