[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3404 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3404

 To amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 
   1992 to require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
    Bureau of Reclamation, to take actions to improve environmental 
  conditions in the vicinity of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel in 
             Lake County, Colorado, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 24, 2010

  Mr. Udall of Colorado introduced the following bill; which was read 
  twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 
   1992 to require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
    Bureau of Reclamation, to take actions to improve environmental 
  conditions in the vicinity of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel in 
             Lake County, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Act 
of 2010''.

SEC. 2. TUNNEL MAINTENANCE.

    Section 705 of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
Adjustment Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-575; 106 Stat. 4656) is amended 
to read as follows:

``SEC. 705. TUNNEL MAINTENANCE.

    ``The Secretary shall take such steps to repair and maintain the 
structural integrity of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel as may be 
necessary to maintain the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel in safe 
condition and to preclude uncontrolled release of water.''.

SEC. 3. WATER QUALITY RESTORATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 708(a) of the Reclamation Projects 
Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-575; 106 Stat. 
4657) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(a) The Secretary'' and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Authorization.--The Secretary'';
            (2) by striking ``Neither'' and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Liability.--Neither'';
            (3) by striking ``The Secretary shall have'' and inserting 
        the following:
            ``(3) Facilities covered under other laws.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall have'';
            (4) by inserting after ``Recovery Act.'' the following:
                    ``(B) Reclamation treatment plant.--The Secretary 
                may treat water delivered through the Leadville Mine 
                Drainage Tunnel (referred to in this paragraph as the 
                `Tunnel'), including--
                            ``(i) surface water diverted into the 
                        Tunnel; or
                            ``(ii) water collected by the dewatering 
                        relief well installed in June of 2008.
            ``(3) Authorization of secretary.--The Secretary may--
                    ``(A) improve and expand the Reclamation Treatment 
                Plant; and
                    ``(B) develop processes under which the treatment 
                of any water in the Treatment Plant (excluding 
                historical flows through the Tunnel and water collected 
                by the dewatering relief well installed in June of 
                2008) could be made a reimbursable expense.
            ``(4) Duty of secretary.--If the Administrator of the 
        Environmental Protection Agency proposes to amend or issue a 
        new Record of Decision for operable unit 6, the Administrator 
        shall consult with the Secretary on each feature of the 
        proposed new or amended Record of Decision that may require 
        alterations to, or otherwise affect, the operation or 
        maintenance of the Tunnel or Reclamation Treatment Plant.''; 
        and
            (5) by striking ``For the purpose of'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(5) Definition of upper arkansas river basin.--In''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 708(f) of the 
Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (Public 
Law 102-575; 106 Stat. 4657) is amended by striking ``sections 707 and 
708'' and inserting ``this section and sections 705 and 707''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents of title VII of 
the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 
(Public Law 102-575; 106 Stat. 4601) is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 705 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 705. Tunnel maintenance.''.
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