H.R.5511 - Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Remediation Act of 2008
To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to remedy problems caused by a collapsed drainage tunnel in Leadville, Colorado, and for other purposes.
To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to remedy problems caused by a collapsed drainage tunnel in Leadville, Colorado, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(a) Short Title- This section may be cited as the ‘Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Remediation Act of 2008’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(b) Tunnel Remediation- The Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-575) is amended as follows:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(B) by striking ‘The Secretary shall have’ and inserting ‘Except as provided by paragraph (2), the Secretary shall have’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(2) The Secretary shall participate in the implementation of the operable unit 6 remedy for the California Gulch Superfund Site, as such remedy is defined in the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2003 Record of Decision for such operable unit, by--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(A) treating water behind any blockage or bulkhead in the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel, including surface water diverted into the Tunnel workings as part of the remedy; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(B) managing and maintaining the mine pool behind such blockage or bulkhead at a level that precludes surface runoff and releases and minimizes the potential for tunnel failure due to excessive water pressure in the tunnel.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘The Secretary shall take such steps to repair or maintain the structural integrity of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel (LMDT) as may be necessary in order to prevent tunnel failure and to preclude uncontrolled release of water from any portion of the tunnel.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to remedy problems caused by a collapsed drainage tunnel in Leadville, Colorado, and for other purposesLORRAINE C. MILLER,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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U.S. Congress - Text of H.R.5511 as Referred in Senate Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Remediation Act of 2008
