120 STAT. 3016
PUBLIC LAW 109–432—DEC. 20, 2006 ‘‘(B) the restoration of land and water resources and the environment that— ‘‘(i) have been degraded by the adverse effects of coal mining practices; and ‘‘(ii) are adjacent to a site that has been or will be remediated under subparagraph (A);’’; (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) by striking ‘‘(2) the protection’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(2)(A) the protection’’; (ii) in subparagraph (A) (as designated by clause (i), by striking ‘‘health, safety, and general welfare’’ and inserting ‘‘health and safety’’; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(B) the restoration of land and water resources and the environment that— ‘‘(i) have been degraded by the adverse effects of coal mining practices; and ‘‘(ii) are adjacent to a site that has been or will be remediated under subparagraph (A); and’’; (C) in paragraph (3), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period; and (D) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5); (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking the subsection heading and inserting ‘‘WATER SUPPLY RESTORATION.—’’; and (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘up to 30 percent of the’’; and (3) in the second sentence of subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘, subject to the approval of the Secretary,’’ after ‘‘amendments’’.
SEC. 204. RECLAMATION OF RURAL LAND.
(a) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 406(h) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1236(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘Soil Conservation Service’’ and inserting ‘‘Natural Resources Conservation Service’’. (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR CARRYING OUT RURAL LAND RECLAMATION.—Section 406 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1236) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(i) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture, from amounts in the Treasury other than amounts in the fund, such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.’’. SEC. 205. LIENS.
Section 408(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1238) is amended in the last sentence by striking ‘‘who owned the surface prior to May 2, 1977, and’’. SEC. 206. CERTIFICATION.
Section 411 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1240a) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before the first sentence; and (B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary may, on the initiative of the Secretary, make the certification referred to in paragraph (1) on behalf of
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