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 104 STAT. 1928 PUBLIC LAW 101-512—NOV. 5, 1990 recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided further, That of the funds made available to the States to contract for reclamation projects authorized in section 406(a) of Public Law 95- 87, administrative expenses may not exceed 15 per centum: Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used for a reclamation grant to any State if the State has not agreed to participate in a nationwide data system established by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement through which all permit applications are reviewed and approvals withheld if the applicants (or those who control the applicants) applying for or receiving such permits have outstanding State or Federal air or water quality violations in accordance with section 510(c) of the Act of August 3, 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1260(c)), or failure to abate cessation orders, outstanding civil penalties associated with such failure to abate cessation orders, or uncontested past due Abandoned Mine Land fees: Provided further. That the Secretary of the Interior may deny 50 per centum of an Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund grant, available to a State pursuant to title IV of Public Law 95-87, in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 521(b) of the Act, when the Secretary determines that a State is systematically failing to administer adequately the enforcement provisions of the approved State regulatory program. Funds will be denied until such time as the State and Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement have agreed upon an explicit plan of action for correcting the enforcement deficiency. A State may enter into such agreement without admission of culpability. If a State enters into such agreement, the Secretary shall take no action pursuant to section 521(b) of the Act as long as the State is complying with the terms of the agreement: Provided further, That expenditure of moneys as authorized in section 402(g)(4) of Public Law 95-87 shall be on a priority basis with the first priority being protection of public health, safety, general welfare, and property from extreme danger of adverse effects of coal mining practices, as stated in section 403 of Public Law 95-87: Provided further. That 23 full-time equivalent positions are to be maintained in the Anthracite Reclamation Program at the Wilkes- Pennsylvania. Barre Field Office: Provided further. That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated pursuant to Public Law 98-181 and derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund shall be made available to and expended by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to provide for the acquisition of the ten properties along Route 61 near the Borough of CJentralia, previously identified by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement as needing acquisition but ineligible for funding pursuant to Public Law 98-181, and for the relocation of families and individuals residing in such properties who are threatened by the progressive movement of the mine fire currently burning in and around the Borough of (Dentralia: Provided further. That all acquisitions made by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under the authority provided herein shall be at fair market value without regard to the mine fire-related damages and such homeowners shall be treated in a manner that avoids any disparity with the treatment authorized and implemented pursuant to Public Law 98-181: Provided further. That land acquisition and relocation authorized herein shall not require any matching funding from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under section 407(e) of

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