dent 
in 
accordance 
with 
section 
105(a)(8)(B) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9605(a)(8)(B)); or 
‘‘(III) the subject of an ongoing 
or planned remedial action carried out 
in accordance with the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.). 
‘‘(G) INDIAN
TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian 
tribe’ has the meaning given the term in section 
4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b). 
‘‘(H) PERMITTEE.—The term ‘permittee’ 
means a person that is issued a Good Samari-
tan discharge permit under this subsection. 
‘‘(I) PERMITTING AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), the term ‘permitting 
authority’ means the Administrator. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—In the case of a 
State or Indian tribe with an approved 
permitting 
program 
under 
paragraph 
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(2)(B), the term ‘permitting authority’ 
means the head of the permitting program 
of the State or Indian tribe. 
‘‘(J) PERSON.—The term ‘person’ in-
cludes— 
‘‘(i) an individual; 
‘‘(ii) a firm; 
‘‘(iii) a corporation; 
‘‘(iv) an association; 
‘‘(v) a partnership; 
‘‘(vi) a consortium; 
‘‘(vii) a joint venture; 
‘‘(viii) a commercial entity; 
‘‘(ix) a nonprofit organization; 
‘‘(x) the Federal Government; 
‘‘(xi) a State (including a political 
subdivision of a State); 
‘‘(xii) an interstate entity; 
‘‘(xiii) a commission; and 
‘‘(xiv) an Indian tribe. 
‘‘(2) GOOD SAMARITAN DISCHARGE PERMITS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A permitting author-
ity may issue a Good Samaritan discharge per-
mit to an eligible applicant in concurrence, if 
applicable, with— 
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‘‘(i) the State in which the proposed 
inactive or abandoned mine site remedi-
ation project is located; or 
‘‘(ii) the Federal agency or Indian 
tribe that owns or has jurisdiction over the 
site at which the proposed inactive or 
abandoned mine site remediation project is 
located. 
‘‘(B) STATE OR TRIBAL PROGRAMS.—The 
Administrator shall approve a State or tribal 
program for the issuance of Good Samaritan 
discharge permits if— 
‘‘(i) the State or Indian tribe has, as 
of the date of enactment of this subsection, 
authority to issue a permit under sub-
section (b); and 
‘‘(ii) the State or Indian tribe re-
quests such authority. 
‘‘(3) PERMIT PROCESS.— 
‘‘(A) SCOPE.—An eligible applicant may 
apply for a Good Samaritan discharge permit to 
conduct remediation activities at any inactive or 
abandoned mine site from which there is, or 
may be, a discharge or a threatened discharge 
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of pollutants into any water of the United 
States. 
‘‘(B) REMEDIATION PLAN.—To apply for a 
Good Samaritan discharge permit under sub-
paragraph (A), an eligible applicant shall sub-
mit to the permitting authority an application 
that contains a remediation plan that, to the 
extent known by the eligible applicant as of the 
date on which the application is submitted, con-
tains— 
‘‘(i) an identification of— 
‘‘(I) the eligible applicant (includ-
ing any cooperating person) with re-
spect to the remediation plan; 
‘‘(II) the mine site that is the 
subject of the remediation plan (in-
cluding such documentation as the 
permitting authority determines to be 
sufficient to demonstrate to the per-
mitting authority that the mine site is 
an inactive or abandoned mine site); 
and 
‘‘(III) each body of water of the 
United States that is affected by ac-
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tual or threatened discharges from the 
inactive or abandoned mine site; 
‘‘(ii) a description of— 
‘‘(I) the baseline conditions of 
each body of water described in clause 
(i)(III) as of the date on which the el-
igible applicant submits the applica-
tion, including— 
‘‘(aa) the nature and extent 
of any adverse impact on the 
quality of each body of water 
caused by the drainage of historic 
mine residue or other discharges 
from the inactive or abandoned 
mine site; and 
‘‘(bb) as applicable, the level 
of any pollutant in each body of 
water that has resulted in an ad-
verse impact described in item 
(aa); 
‘‘(II) the conditions of the inac-
tive or abandoned mine site that cause 
adverse impacts to the quality of each 
body of water described in clause 
(i)(III); 
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‘‘(III) 
the 
reasonable 
efforts 
taken by the eligible applicant to iden-
tify identifiable owners or operators of 
the inactive or abandoned mine site 
that is the subject of the application; 
‘‘(IV) each remediation goal and 
objective proposed by the eligible ap-
plicant, including— 
‘‘(aa) each pollutant to be 
addressed by the remediation 
plan; and 
‘‘(bb) each action that the 
eligible applicant proposes to 
take that, to the maximum extent 
reasonable and practicable under 
the circumstances, will assist in 
the attainment of each applicable 
water quality standard; 
‘‘(V) the practices (including a 
schedule and estimated completion 
date for the implementation of each 
practice) that are proposed by the eli-
gible applicant to meet each remedi-
ation goal and objective described in 
subclause (IV), including— 
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‘‘(aa) in the case of a new 
remediation project, the prelimi-
nary system design and construc-
tion, operation, and maintenance 
plans relating to the new remedi-
ation project; and 
‘‘(bb) in the case of an exist-
ing remediation project, available 
system design and construction, 
operation, and maintenance plans 
and any planned improvements 
with respect to the existing reme-
diation project; 
‘‘(VI) any proposed recycling or 
reprocessing of historic mine residue 
to be conducted by the eligible appli-
cant (including a description of how 
each proposed recycling or reprocess-
ing activity relates to the remediation 
of an inactive or abandoned mine 
site); 
‘‘(VII) the monitoring or other 
forms of assessment that will be un-
dertaken by the eligible applicant to 
evaluate the success of the practices 
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spect to any progress in implementing the 
remediation plan; 
‘‘(v) a budget for the remediation plan 
that includes a description of each funding 
source that will support the implementa-
tion of the remediation plan, including— 
‘‘(I) each practice described in 
clause (ii)(VIII); 
‘‘(II) each action described in 
clause (ii)(IV)(bb); and 
‘‘(III) each monitoring or other 
appropriate 
activity 
described 
in 
clause (ii)(VII); and 
‘‘(vi) any other additional information 
requested by the Administrator to clarify 
the remediation plan and each proposed 
activity covered by the remediation plan. 
‘‘(C) CERTIFICATION OF PLAN.—An appli-
cation for a Good Samaritan discharge permit 
submitted by an eligible applicant to a permit-
ting authority under subparagraph (B) shall be 
signed and certified in a manner consistent with 
section 122.22 of title 40, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations. 
‘‘(D) INVESTIGATIVE MEASURES.— 
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A Good Samari-
tan discharge permit may include a pro-
gram of investigative measures to be com-
pleted prior to the remediation of the inac-
tive or abandoned mine site that is the 
subject of the permit if the permitting au-
thority, upon the receipt of the application 
of an eligible applicant for a Good Samari-
tan discharge permit, determines the pro-
gram of investigative measures to be ap-
propriate. 
‘‘(ii) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Any 
water sampling included in the program of 
investigative measures described in clause 
(i) shall be conducted by an eligible appli-
cant in accordance with any applicable 
method described in part 136 of title 40, 
Code of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(iii) REQUIREMENTS
RELATING
TO 
SAMPLES.—In conducting a program of in-
vestigative measures described in clause 
(i), an eligible applicant shall— 
‘‘(I) ensure that each sample col-
lected under the program is represent-
ative of the conditions present at the 
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inactive or abandoned mine site that 
is the subject of the program; and 
‘‘(II) retain records of all sam-
pling events for a period of not less 
than 3 years. 
‘‘(iv) INITIAL PLAN.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—If an eligible 
applicant proposes to conduct a pro-
gram of investigative measures, the el-
igible applicant shall submit to the 
permitting authority a plan that con-
tains, to the extent known by the eli-
gible applicant as of the date on which 
the eligible applicant submits the ap-
plication— 
‘‘(aa) each description re-
quired under subclauses (I), (II), 
and (IV) through (VIII) of sub-
paragraph (B)(ii); 
‘‘(bb) the explanation re-
quired 
under 
subparagraph 
(B)(iii); 
‘‘(cc) the schedule required 
under subparagraph (B)(iv); and 
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‘‘(dd) the budget required 
under subparagraph (B)(v). 
‘‘(II) RESPONSIBILITY
TO
SUP-
PLEMENT DESCRIPTIONS.—An eligible 
applicant that conducts a program of 
investigative measures shall, based on 
the results of the program, supple-
ment each item described in subclause 
(I), as necessary. 
‘‘(v) REPORT OF RESULTS.—The re-
sults of the program of investigative meas-
ures shall be— 
‘‘(I) detailed in a report for the 
permitting agency; and 
‘‘(II) made available by the appli-
cant to any member of the public that 
requests the report. 
‘‘(vi) PERMIT MODIFICATION.—Based 
upon the results of the investigative meas-
ures, a Good Samaritan discharge permit 
may be modified pursuant to the permit 
procedures described in this subsection. 
‘‘(vii) OPTION TO DECLINE REMEDI-
ATION.—A Good Samaritan discharge per-
mit may allow the permittee to decline to 
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undertake remediation based on the results 
of the investigative sampling program, if— 
‘‘(I) the program of investigative 
measures is authorized under this 
subparagraph; and 
‘‘(II) the activities under the pro-
gram of investigative measures have 
not resulted in surface water quality 
conditions, taken as a whole, that are 
worse than the baseline condition of 
bodies of water described in subpara-
graph (B)(ii)(I). 
‘‘(E) REVIEW OF APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(i) INITIAL
REVIEW.—The permit-
ting authority shall— 
‘‘(I) review each application sub-
mitted by an eligible applicant for a 
Good Samaritan discharge permit; 
‘‘(II) provide to the public, with 
respect to the Good Samaritan dis-
charge permit— 
‘‘(aa) notice and a reason-
able opportunity to comment; 
and 
‘‘(bb) a public hearing; 
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‘‘(III) if the Administrator is the 
permitting authority, provide a copy 
of the application to each affected 
State, Indian tribe, and other Federal 
agency; and 
‘‘(IV) determine whether the ap-
plication for the Good Samaritan dis-
charge permit meets each requirement 
described in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS
NOT
MET.—If 
the permitting authority determines that 
an application for a Good Samaritan dis-
charge permit does not meet each require-
ment described in subparagraph (B), the 
permitting authority shall— 
‘‘(I) notify the eligible applicant 
that the application is disapproved 
and explain the reasons for the dis-
approval; and 
‘‘(II) allow the eligible applicant 
to submit a revised application. 
‘‘(iii) REQUIREMENTS
MET.—If the 
permitting authority determines that an 
application for a Good Samaritan dis-
charge permit meets each requirement de-
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scribed in subparagraph (B), the permit-
ting authority shall notify the eligible ap-
plicant that the application is accepted. 
‘‘(F) PERMIT ISSUANCE.—After notice and 
opportunity for public comment with respect to 
a Good Samaritan discharge permit proposed 
by a permitting authority to be issued under 
this subsection (including any additional re-
quirement that the permitting authority deter-
mines would facilitate the implementation of 
this subsection), the permitting authority may 
issue a permit to an eligible applicant if— 
‘‘(i) the permitting authority deter-
mines that— 
‘‘(I) relative to the resources 
identified by the eligible applicant for 
funding the proposed remediation ac-
tivity, the eligible applicant has made 
a reasonable effort to identify identifi-
able owners or operators under sub-
paragraph (B)(ii)(III); 
‘‘(II) no identifiable owner or op-
erator exists (except, with respect to 
Federal land, where the only identifi-
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gible applicant to complete the pro-
posed project of the eligible applicant; 
and 
‘‘(V) the proposed project of the 
eligible applicant meets the require-
ments of this section; 
‘‘(ii) any Federal, State, or tribal land 
management agency with jurisdiction over 
any inactive or abandoned mine site that is 
the subject of the proposed permit, or any 
public trustee for natural resources af-
fected by historic mine residue associated 
with any inactive or abandoned mine site 
that is the subject of the proposed permit, 
does not object to the issuance of the per-
mit; and 
‘‘(iii) if the Administrator is the per-
mitting authority, the affected State or In-
dian tribe concurs with the issuance of the 
permit. 
‘‘(G) DEADLINE RELATING TO APPROVAL 
OR DENIAL OF APPLICATION.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of receipt by a permit-
ting authority of an application for a Good Sa-
maritan discharge permit that the permitting 
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authority determines to be complete, the per-
mitting authority shall— 
‘‘(i) issue to the eligible applicant a 
Good Samaritan discharge permit; or 
‘‘(ii) deny the application of the eligi-
ble applicant for a Good Samaritan dis-
charge permit. 
‘‘(H) MODIFICATION OF PERMIT.— 
‘‘(i) APPROVAL
AND
DISAPPROVAL 
PROCESS.—In accordance with clause (ii), 
after the date of receipt by a permitting 
authority of a written request by a per-
mittee to modify the Good Samaritan dis-
charge permit of the permittee, the permit-
ting authority shall approve or disapprove 
the request for modification. 
‘‘(ii) PERMIT MODIFICATION.—A per-
mit modification that is approved by a per-
mitting authority under this subparagraph 
shall be— 
‘‘(I) by agreement between the 
permittee and the permitting author-
ity and, if the Administrator is the 
permitting authority, the affected 
State or Indian tribe; 
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‘‘(II) subject to— 
‘‘(aa) a period of public no-
tice and comment; and 
‘‘(bb) a public hearing; 
‘‘(III) in compliance with each 
standard described in subparagraph 
(F)(i)(III); and 
‘‘(IV) immediately reflected in, 
and applicable to, the Good Samaritan 
discharge permit. 
‘‘(4) CONTENTS OF PERMITS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A Good Samaritan 
discharge permit shall— 
‘‘(i) contain— 
‘‘(I) a remediation plan approved 
by the permitting authority; and 
‘‘(II) any additional requirement 
that the permitting authority estab-
lishes by regulation under paragraph 
(10); and 
‘‘(ii) provide for compliance with, and 
implementation of, the remediation plan 
and any additional requirement described 
in clause (i)(II). 
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‘‘(B) SCOPE.—A Good Samaritan dis-
charge permit shall authorize only those activi-
ties that are required for the remediation of 
historic mine residue at an inactive or aban-
doned mine site, as determined by the permit-
ting authority. 
‘‘(C) REVIEW.—A Good Samaritan dis-
charge permit shall contain a schedule for re-
view, to be conducted by the permitting author-
ity, to determine compliance by the permittee 
with each condition and limitation of the per-
mit. 
‘‘(5) EFFECT OF PERMIT COMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(A) COMPLIANCE WITH ACT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A Good Samari-
tan discharge permit issued under this 
subsection shall authorize the permittee, 
and any cooperating persons, to carry out 
each activity described in the Good Samar-
itan discharge permit. 
‘‘(ii) COMPLIANCE
WITH
PERMIT.— 
Compliance by the permittee, and any co-
operating persons, with respect to the 
Good Samaritan discharge permit shall 
constitute compliance with this Act. 
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‘‘(B) SCOPE
OF
LIABILITY.—Except as 
provided in paragraph (6), the issuance of a 
Good Samaritan discharge permit to a per-
mittee relieves the permittee, and any cooper-
ating person, of each obligation and liability 
under this Act. 
‘‘(6) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—If a permittee, or 
any cooperating person fails to comply with any con-
dition or limitation of the permit, the permittee, or 
cooperating person, shall be subject to liability only 
under section 309. 
‘‘(7) TERMINATION OF PERMIT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A permitting author-
ity shall terminate a Good Samaritan discharge 
permit if— 
‘‘(i) the permittee successfully com-
pletes the implementation of the remedi-
ation plan; or 
‘‘(ii)(I) any discharge covered by the 
Good Samaritan discharge permit becomes 
subject to a permit issued for other devel-
opment that is not part of the implementa-
tion of the remediation plan; 
‘‘(II) the permittee seeking termi-
nation of coverage, and any cooperating 
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person with respect to the remediation 
plan of the permittee, is not a participant 
in the development; and 
‘‘(III) the permitting authority, upon 
request of the permittee, agrees that the 
permit should be terminated. 
‘‘(B) UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), the permitting author-
ity, in cooperation with the permittee, shall 
seek to modify a Good Samaritan dis-
charge permit to take into account any 
event or condition encountered by the per-
mittee if the event or condition encoun-
tered by the permittee— 
‘‘(I) significantly reduces the fea-
sibility, or significantly increases the 
cost, of completing the remediation 
project that is the subject of the Good 
Samaritan discharge permit; 
‘‘(II) was not— 
‘‘(aa) contemplated by the 
permittee; or 
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‘‘(bb) taken into account in 
the remediation plan of the per-
mittee; and 
‘‘(III) is beyond the control of 
the permittee, as determined by the 
permitting authority. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—If a permittee de-
scribed in clause (i) does not agree to a 
modification of the Good Samaritan dis-
charge permit of the permittee, or the per-
mitting authority determines that remedi-
ation activities conducted by the permittee 
pursuant to the permit have resulted or 
will result in surface water quality condi-
tions that, taken as a whole, are or will be 
worse than the baseline water conditions 
described in paragraph (3)(B)(ii)(I), the 
permitting authority shall terminate the 
permit. 
‘‘(C) NO ENFORCEMENT LIABILITY.— 
‘‘(i) DISCHARGES.—Subject to clause 
(ii), and except as provided in clause (iii), 
the permittee of a permit, or a cooperating 
person with respect to the remediation 
plan of the permittee, shall not be subject 
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to enforcement under any provision of this 
Act for liability for any past, present, or 
future discharges at or from the aban-
doned or inactive mining site that is the 
subject of the permit. 
‘‘(ii) OTHER
PARTIES.—Clause (i) 
does not limit the liability of any person 
that is not described in clause (i). 
‘‘(iii) VIOLATION
OF
PERMIT
PRIOR 
TO TERMINATION.—The discharge of liabil-
ity for a permittee of a permit, or a co-
operating person with respect to the reme-
diation plan of the permittee, under clause 
(i) shall not apply with respect to any vio-
lation of the permit that occurs before the 
date on which the permit is terminated. 
‘‘(8) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) EMERGENCY
POWERS.—Nothing in 
this subsection limits the authority of the Ad-
ministrator to exercise any emergency power 
under section 504 with respect to persons other 
than a permittee and any cooperating persons. 
‘‘(B) PRIOR VIOLATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) ACTIONS
AND
RELIEF.—Except 
as provided in clause (ii), with respect to 
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a violation of this subsection or section 
301(a) committed by any person prior to 
the issuance of a Good Samaritan dis-
charge permit under this subsection, the 
issuance of the Good Samaritan discharge 
permit does not preclude any enforcement 
action under section 309. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(I) SCOPE
OF
PERMIT.—If a 
Good Samaritan discharge permit cov-
ers remediation activities carried out 
by the permittee on a date before the 
issuance of the Good Samaritan dis-
charge permit, clause (i) shall not 
apply to any action that is based on 
any condition that results from the re-
mediation activities. 
‘‘(II) OTHER
PARTIES.—A per-
mittee shall not be subject to any ac-
tion under sections 309 or 505 for 
any violation committed by any other 
party. 
‘‘(C) OBLIGATIONS OF STATES AND INDIAN 
TRIBES.—Except as otherwise provided in this 
section, nothing in this subsection limits any 
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obligation of a State or Indian tribe described 
in section 303. 
‘‘(D) OTHER DEVELOPMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any development 
of an inactive or abandoned mine site (in-
cluding any activity relating to mineral ex-
ploration, processing, beneficiation, or min-
ing), including development by a permittee 
or any cooperating person, not authorized 
in a permit issued by the permitting au-
thority under this subsection shall be sub-
ject to this Act. 
‘‘(ii) 
COMMINGLING
OF
DIS-
CHARGES.—The commingling of any other 
discharge or water with any discharge or 
water subject to a Good Samaritan dis-
charge permit issued under this subsection 
shall not limit or reduce the liability of any 
person associated with the water or dis-
charge that is not subject to the Good Sa-
maritan discharge permit. 
‘‘(E) RECOVERABLE VALUE.—A Good Sa-
maritan to whom a permit is issued may sell or 
use materials recovered during the implementa-
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tion of the plan only if the proceeds of any such 
sale are used to defray the costs of— 
‘‘(i) remediation of the site addressed 
in the permit; or 
‘‘(ii) voluntary remediation of any 
other inactive or abandoned mine site cov-
ered by a permit issued under this section. 
‘‘(F) STATE CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), to the extent that this 
subsection relates to water quality stand-
ards, certification under section 401 shall 
not apply to any Good Samaritan dis-
charge permit issued under this subsection. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—In any case in 
which certification under section 401 
would otherwise be required, no Good Sa-
maritan discharge permit shall be issued 
by a permitting authority under this sub-
section without the concurrence of— 
‘‘(I) the State in which the site of 
the discharge is located; or 
‘‘(II) the Indian tribe that owns 
or has jurisdiction over the site on 
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which a remediation project is pro-
posed. 
‘‘(G) STATE
AND
TRIBAL
RECLAMATION 
PROGRAMS.—No State, Indian tribe, or other 
person shall be required to obtain a Good Sa-
maritan discharge permit pursuant to this sub-
section for any discharge, including any dis-
charge associated with the remediation of an in-
active or abandoned mine site with respect to 
the conduct of reclamation work under a State 
or tribal abandoned mine reclamation plan ap-
proved under title IV of the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 
U.S.C. 1231 et seq.). 
‘‘(9) LIABILITY OF OTHER PARTIES.—Nothing 
in this subsection (including any result caused by 
any action taken by a permittee or a cooperating 
person) limits the liability of any person other than 
a permittee or a cooperating person under this Act 
or any other law. 
‘‘(10) REGULATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this subsection, after providing 
for public notice and an opportunity to com-
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ment and a public hearing, the Administrator, 
in consultation with the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and ap-
propriate State, tribal, and local officials, shall 
promulgate regulations to establish— 
‘‘(i) generally applicable requirements 
for remediation plans described in para-
graph (3)(B); and 
‘‘(ii) any other requirement that the 
Administrator determines to be necessary. 
‘‘(B) SPECIFIC
REQUIREMENTS
BEFORE 
PROMULGATION OF REGULATIONS.—Before the 
date on which the Administrator promulgates 
regulations under subparagraph (A), a permit-
ting authority may establish, on a case-by-case 
basis, specific requirements that the permitting 
authority determines would facilitate the imple-
mentation of this subsection with respect to a 
Good Samaritan discharge permit issued to a 
permittee. 
‘‘(11) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(A) 
ELIGIBILITY
FOR
SECTION
319 
GRANTS.—A permittee shall be eligible to apply 
for a grant under section 319(h). 
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‘‘(B) GRANTS.—Subject to the availability 
of appropriated funds, the Administrator may 
award to any permittee a grant to assist the 
permittee in implementing a remediation plan 
with respect to a Good Samaritan discharge 
permit of the permittee. 
‘‘(12) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
before the date of termination of the authority 
of the permitting authority under paragraph 
(13), the Administrator shall submit to Con-
gress a report describing the activities author-
ized by this subsection. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The report required 
under subparagraph (A) shall contain, at a 
minimum— 
‘‘(i) a description of— 
‘‘(I) each Good Samaritan dis-
charge permit issued under this sub-
section; 
‘‘(II) each permittee; 
‘‘(III) each inactive or abandoned 
mine site addressed by a Good Samar-
itan discharge permit issued under 
this subsection (including each body 
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of water and the baseline water qual-
ity of each body of water affected by 
each inactive or abandoned mine site); 
‘‘(IV) the status of the implemen-
tation of each remediation plan associ-
ated with each Good Samaritan dis-
charge permit issued under this sub-
section (including specific progress 
that each remediation activity con-
ducted by a permittee pursuant to 
each Good Samaritan discharge per-
mit has made toward achieving the 
goals and objectives of the remedi-
ation plan); and 
‘‘(V) each enforcement action 
taken by the Administrator or applica-
ble State or Indian tribe concerning a 
Good Samaritan discharge permit 
issued under this subsection (includ-
ing the disposition of the action); 
‘‘(ii) a summary of each remediation 
plan associated with a Good Samaritan 
discharge permit issued under this sub-
section, including— 
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‘‘(I) the goals and objectives of 
the remediation plan; 
‘‘(II) the budget of the activities 
conducted pursuant to the remedi-
ation plan; and 
‘‘(III) the practices to be em-
ployed by each permittee in accord-
ance with the remediation plan of the 
permittee to reduce, control, mitigate, 
or eliminate adverse impacts to the 
quality of applicable bodies of water; 
and 
‘‘(iii) any recommendations that may 
be proposed by the Administrator to mod-
ify any law (including this subsection and 
any regulation promulgated under para-
graph (10)) to facilitate the improvement 
of water quality through the remediation of 
inactive or abandoned mine sites. 
‘‘(13) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The au-
thority granted to the permitting authority under 
this subsection to issue Good Samaritan discharge 
permits terminates on the date that is 10 years after 
the date of enactment of this subsection. 
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‘‘(14) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this 
subsection, or the application of any provision of this 
subsection to any person or circumstance, is held in-
valid, the application of such provision to other per-
sons or circumstances, and the remainder of this 
subsection, shall not be affected thereby.’’. 
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