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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 
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 
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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-
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. 
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‘‘(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 
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.). 
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‘‘(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-
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-
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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). 
‘‘(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. 
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‘‘(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 
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 
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