Sec. 3. Study of the Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations Permanent Regulatory Program; Stream Buffer Zones and Fish, Wildlife, and Related Environmental Values final rule published June 30, 1983 (48 Fed. Reg. 30312 et seq.), and amended September 30, 1983 (48 Fed. Reg. 44777 et seq.)
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Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations Permanent Regulatory Program; Stream Buffer Zones and Fish, Wildlife, and Related Environmental Values final rule published June 30, 1983 (48 Fed. Reg. 30312 et seq.), and amended September 30, 1983 (48 Fed. Reg. 44777 et seq.) Title VII of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 ( 30 U.S.C. 1291 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations Permanent Regulatory Program;
Stream Buffer Zones and Fish, Wildlife, and Related Environmental Values final rule published June 30, 1983 (48 Fed. Reg. 30312 et seq.), and amended September 30, 1983 (48 Fed. Reg. 44777 et seq.) No later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the STREAM Act, the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Interstate Mining Compact Commission, shall contract with the National Academy of Sciences, for execution by the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, to conduct a detailed, comprehensive study of the effectiveness of the Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations Permanent Regulatory Program;
Stream Buffer Zones and Fish, Wildlife, and Related Environmental Values Final Rule published June 30, 1983 (48 Fed. Reg. 30312 et seq.), and amended September 30, 1983 (48 Fed. Reg. 44777 et seq.), in protecting perennial and intermittent streams through the use of stream buffer zones. Not later than 2 years after execution of the contract under subsection (a), the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, appropriate Federal agencies, and the Governor of each of the States represented on the Interstate Mining Compact Commission a report containing— the findings of the study conducted under subsection (a); and recommendations, if any, regarding changes that would improve the effectiveness of the permitted activities as covered by the rule described in subsection (a).
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2016 and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2017 for the purposes of this section. The Secretary may not issue any proposed or final regulations under this Act relating to stream buffer zones or stream protection until one year after the publication of the report described in subsection (b). If the Secretary proposes any such regulations after the date of publication of the report, the Secretary shall take into consideration the findings and recommendations of the report. .
The table of contents in the first section of such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to such title the following: Sec. 722. Study of the Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations Permanent Regulatory Program; Stream Buffer Zones and Fish, Wildlife, and Related Environmental Values final rule published June 30, 1983 (48 Fed. Reg. 30312 et seq.), and amended September 30, 1983 (48 Fed. Reg. 44777 et seq.). .
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Study of the Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations Permanent Regulatory Program; Stream Buffer Zones and Fish, Wildlife, and Related Environmental Values final rule published June 30, 1983 (48 Fed. Reg. 30312 et seq.), and amended September 30, 1983 (48 Fed. Reg. 44777 et seq.)
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