Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/494

 91 STAT. 460

PUBLIC LAW 95-87—AUG. 3, 1977

the relationship of the lands to be reclaimed and the proposed reclamation to surrounding areas, the specific criteria for ranking and identifying projects to be funded, and the legal authority and programmatic capability to perform such work in conformance with the provisions of this title. Application. (f) O n an annual basis, each State having an approved State Keclamation P l a n may submit to the Secretary an application for the support of the State program and implementation of specific reclamaContents. tion projects. Such annual requests shall include such information as may be requested by the Secretary including: (1) a general description of each proposed project; (2) a priority evaluation of each proposed project; (3) a statement of the estimated benefits in such terms a s: number of acres restored, miles of stream improved, acres of surface lands protected from subsidence, population protected from subsidence, air pollution, hazards of mine and coal refuse disposal area fires; (4) an estimate of the cost for each proposed project; (5) in the case of proposed research and demonstration projects, a description of the specific techniques to be evaluated or objective to be attained; (6) an identification of lands or interest therein to be acquired and the estimated cost; and (7) in each year after the first in which a plan is filed under this title, an inventory of each project funded under the previous year's g r a n t: which inventory shall include details of financial expenditures on such project together with a brief description of each such project, including project locations, landowner's name, acreage, type of reclamation performed. (g) The costs for each proposed project under this section shall include: actual construction costs, actual operation and maintenance costs of permanent facilities, planning and engineering costs, construction inspection costs, and other necessary administrative expenses. (h) Upon approved of State Reclamation P l a n by the Secretary and of the surface mine regulatory program pursuant to section 503, the Secretary shall grant, on an annual basis, funds to be expended in such State pursuant to subsection 402(g) and which are necessary to implement the State reclamation program as approved by the Secretary. Program (i) The Secretary, through his designated agents, will monitor the monitorship. progress and quality of the program. The States shall not be required at the start of any project to submit complete copies of plans and specifications. Annual and other (j) The Secretary shall require annual and other reports as may reports. be necessary to be submitted by each State administering the approved State reclamation program with funds provided under this tile. Such reports shall include that information which the Secretary deems necessary to fulfill his responsibilities under this title. (k) Indian tribes having within their jurisdiction eligible lands pursuant to section 404 or from which coal is produced, shall be considered as a "State'" for the purposes of this title. RECLAMATION

Agreements.

30 USC 1236.

OF RURAL LAXDS

SEC. 406. (a) I n order to provide for the control and prevention of erosion and sediment damages from unreclaimed mined lands, and to promote the conservation and development of soil and water resources

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