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S.2780: Good Samaritan Clean Watershed Act
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 109th Congress
- This bill is primarily about law
- Introduced May 10, 2006
- Latest Major Action May 10, 2006
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Bill Summary
Good Samaritan Clean Watershed Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state or Indian tribe with an approved remediation program to issue a permit to a Good Samaritan to remediate inactive or abandoned mines. Defines "Good Samaritan" as a person that: (1) did not cause the historic mine residue at the inactive or abandoned mines; (2) is not liable or responsible under federal, state, or tribal law...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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| May 10, 2006 |
Introduced in the Senate by James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.) |