(A) identify any pollution that occurs as a 
result of the project; and 
(B) identify ways in which individuals who 
reside in communities in close proximity to the 
project might be exposed to such pollution. 
(b) RESULTS OF MONITORING.— 
(1) SUBMISSION TO SECRETARY.—Each person 
that carries out monitoring under subsection (a)(1) 
for a mountaintop removal coal mining project shall 
submit to the Secretary, on a monthly basis, the re-
sults of such monitoring. 
(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Not later than 7 
days after the date on which the Secretary receives 
results under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
make such results publicly available on the website 
of the Department of Health and Human Services in 
a searchable database format. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT.—If a person that conducts a 
mountaintop removal coal mining project fails to comply 
with either subsection (a) or (b) with respect to the 
project, no Federal authorization may be issued or re-
newed for the project, or for any expansion of the project, 
by any of the following individuals: 
(1) The Secretary of the Army, acting through 
the Chief of Engineers, or a State, under section 
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404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1344). 
(2) The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, or a State, under section 402 of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1342). 
(3) The Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Director of the Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement, or a State, under the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.). 
(d) APPLICABILITY.—The requirements under sub-
sections (a) and (b) shall terminate on the date on which 
the Secretary publishes the determination described in sec-
tion 3(c). 
SEC. 6. FEDERAL COST FEE. 
(a) COLLECTION AND ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary 
of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Office 
of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, shall as-
sess and collect a one-time fee from each person that, as 
of the date of the enactment of this Act, is conducting 
or has previously completed a mountaintop removal coal 
mining project in the United States, in an amount suffi-
cient to recover the Federal cost of implementing sections 
3 and 5. 
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(b) USE OF FEE.—Amounts collected under this sec-
tion may be used, to the extent and in the amount pro-
vided in advance in appropriations Acts, only to pay the 
Federal cost of carrying out sections 3 and 5. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
FEDERAL
AUTHORIZATION.—The 
term 
‘‘Federal authorization’’ means a permit, license, or 
other authorization that is issued by a Federal agen-
cy. 
(2) MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL COAL MINING.— 
The term ‘‘mountaintop removal coal mining’’ means 
surface coal mining that— 
(A) uses blasting with explosives; and 
(B) is carried out in the steep slope re-
gions of Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, 
and Virginia. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
(4) STEEP SLOPE.—The term ‘‘steep slope’’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 515(d)(4) of 
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
1977 (30 U.S.C. 1265(d)(4)). 
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