State demonstration programs for cleanup of abandoned mines for use as waste disposal sites; authorization of appropriations

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Title 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS > CHAPTER 26—WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL > SUBCHAPTER I—RESEARCH AND RELATED PROGRAMS

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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 September 30, 1982 , September 30, 1983 , and September 30, 1984 , to carry out this section. Such projects shall be undertaken in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

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

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