To provide for the reclamation of surface coal mines when the operator and his surety are bankrupt, and for other purposes.
Interim Abandoned Mines Reclamation Act of 1989 - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to expend a specified percentage of funds for the reclamation of unreclaimed surface coal mining operations sites with respect to which the operator and the operator's surety are bankrupt.
Sets forth priority guidelines for site reclamation.
See H.R.5835.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
See H.R.2095.
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