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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 
(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; 
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‘‘(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— 
‘‘(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— 
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‘‘(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 
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— 
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‘‘(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-
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 
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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); 
‘‘(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 
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‘‘(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— 
‘‘(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 
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