[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1842 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1842

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to prevent acid mine drainage into 
                            the Great Lakes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2007

  Mr. Stupak introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to prevent acid mine drainage into 
                            the Great Lakes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to protect the water quality of the 
Great Lakes from the harmful effects of acid mine drainage.

SEC. 2. UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAM.

    Section 1421(b) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300h(b)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(4)(A) The regulations of the Administrator under this section 
shall prohibit--
            ``(i) in the case of a program for authorization of 
        underground injection by permit, 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 for the permit demonstrates to the 
        satisfaction of the State (or the Administrator in the case of 
        a program prescribed under section 1422(c)) that the mining 
        activity will not result in acid mine drainage into the Great 
        Lakes; and
            ``(ii) in the case of a program which provides for such an 
        authorization by rule, the promulgation of a rule that 
        authorizes an underground injection described in clause (i).
    ``(B) In this paragraph--
            ``(i) the term `Great Lakes' means Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, 
        Lake Huron (including Lake St. Clair), Lake Michigan, and Lake 
        Superior, and the connecting channels (Saint Mary's River, 
        Saint Clair River, Detroit River, Niagara River, and Saint 
        Lawrence River to the Canadian Border); and
            ``(ii) term `sulfide ore body' means a mineral deposit in 
        which metals are mixed with sulfide minerals.''.
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