[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5511 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5511

 To 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 2008

  Mr. Lamborn (for himself and Mr. Udall of Colorado) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To 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.

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

SECTION 1. LEADVILLE MINE DRAINAGE TUNNEL REMEDIATION.

    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Leadville Mine 
Drainage Tunnel Remediation Act of 2008''.
    (b) Tunnel Remediation.--The Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
Adjustment Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-575) is amended as follows:
            (1) By striking section 705.
            (2) In section 708(a)--
                    (A) by striking ``(a)'' and inserting ``(a)(1)'';
                    (B) by striking ``The Secretary shall have'' and 
                inserting ``Except as provided by paragraph (2), the 
                Secretary shall have''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) The Secretary shall participate in the implementation 
        of the operable unit 6 remedy for the California Gulch 
        Superfund Site, as such remedy is defined in the Environmental 
        Protection Agency's 2003 Record of Decision for such operable 
        unit, by--
                    ``(A) treating water behind any blockage or 
                bulkhead in the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel, 
                including surface water diverted into the  Tunnel 
                workings as part of the remedy; and
                    ``(B) managing and maintaining the mine pool behind 
                such blockage or bulkhead at a level that precludes 
                surface runoff and releases and minimizes the potential 
                for tunnel failure due to excessive water pressure in 
                the tunnel.''.
            (3) In section 708(f), by striking ``and 708'' and 
        inserting ``, 708, and 709''.
            (4) By adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 709. TUNNEL MAINTENANCE.

    ``The Secretary shall take such steps to repair or maintain the 
structural integrity of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel (LMDT) as 
may be necessary in order to prevent tunnel failure and to preclude 
uncontrolled release of water from any portion of the tunnel.''.
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