To prevent acid mine drainage from sulfide mining into the Great Lakes.

Prohibits issuance of a federal permit to operate a sulfide mine within five miles of any of the Great Lakes unless the permit applicant demonstrates that there will be no acid mine drainage into any of them as a result of such mining.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4933 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4933

To prevent acid mine drainage from sulfide mining into the Great Lakes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2006

  Mr. Stupak introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To prevent acid mine drainage from sulfide mining 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 water quality in the Great 
Lakes from the harmful effects of acid mine drainage.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON FEDERAL PERMITS.

    No Federal permit may be issued to an entity seeking to operate a 
sulfide mine within 5 miles of any of the Great Lakes unless the permit 
applicant demonstrates that there will be no acid mine drainage into 
any of the Great Lakes as a result of the sulfide mining operation for 
which the permit is sought.

SEC. 3. GREAT LAKES DEFINED.

    In this Act, the term ``Great Lakes'' has the same meaning given 
that term in section 118(a)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Contol 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(a)(3)).
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