[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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