Annual Summary Evaluation of the Colorado Inactive Mine Reclamation Program for Evaluation Year 2009 (July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009)

摘要

Title IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act), as amended, provides moneys to States and Indian tribes from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund (the Fund) and the general Treasury of the United States. The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) administers Title IV of SMCRA on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior. The primary purpose of Title IV is to pay the costs of mitigating past coal mining effects, though it also allows certain noncoal problems to be addressed. On December 20, 2006, the President signed the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-432). That legislation included the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2006 (the 2006 Act or the 2006 SMCRA amendments). The 2006 Act amended Title IV of SMCRA to make significant changes in the abandoned mine reclamation fee and the AML program. OSM published final regulations implementing the 2006 Act in the November 14, 2008, Federal Register (73 FR 67576). Those final regulations took effect January 13, 2009.