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2006 SMCRA Amendments
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Title IV of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 authorized
the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) to collect fees, from
operators, on active mining operations. The fees collected are
deposited in an interest bearing Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund
(AML Fund), which is used to pay reclamation costs of AML
projects that reclaim land and water resources adversely
affected by pre-1977 coal mining. The OSM’s fee collection
authority terminated on September 30, 2004 and was extended
through FY 2021 on December 20, 2006 in P.L. 109-432 (SMCRA
Amendments ACT of 2006).
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