33 USC § 1257a - State demonstration programs for cleanup of abandoned mines for use as waste disposal sites; authorization of appropriations

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title: "33 USC § 1257a - State demonstration programs for cleanup of abandoned mines for use as waste disposal sites; authorization of appropriations"
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title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
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section_name: "State demonstration programs for cleanup of abandoned mines for use as waste disposal sites; authorization of appropriations"
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# § 1257a. State demonstration programs for cleanup of abandoned mines for use as waste disposal sites; authorization of appropriations

September 30, 1982September 30, 1983September 30, 1984

The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is authorized to make grants to States to undertake a demonstration program for the cleanup of State-owned abandoned mines which can be used as hazardous waste disposal sites. The State shall pay 10 per centum of project costs. At a minimum, the Administrator shall undertake projects under such program in the States of Ohio, Illinois, and West Virginia. There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending , , and , to carry out this section. Such projects shall be undertaken in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–483, § 12, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2363.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act which comprises this chapter.