,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hdd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bi1        
#bjai,mr4 ,gibbs introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
the ,federal ,water ,pollution ,control 
,act to allow for modified permits for  
industrial minerals remining operations1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,industrial ,mineral ,parity ,act of    
#bjai4  #b4 ,modified ,permit for       
,remining ,operations  7a7 ,in general  
,section #cja7p77#a7 of the ,federal    
,water ,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc    
,u4,s4,c4 #acaa7p77#a77 is amended by   
striking coal4  7b7 ,limitations        
,section #cja7p77#b7 of the ,federal    
,water ,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc    
,u4,s4,c4 #acaa7p77#b77 is amended by   
striking coal each place it appears4    
7c7 ,definitions ,section #cja7p77#c7 of
 the ,federal ,water ,pollution ,control

 ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #acaa7p77#c77 is   
amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating         
subparagraphs 7,b7 and 7,c7 as          
subparagraphs 7,d7 and 7,f71            
respectively2  7#b7 by inserting after  
subparagraph 7,a7 the following3  7,b7  
,industrial mineral ,the term industrial
 mineral means limestone1 clay1 sand1   
gravel1 diatomite1 kaolin1 bentonite1   
silica1 barite1 gypsum1 or talc4  7,c7  
,industrial minerals remining operation 
,the term industrial minerals remining  
operation means an industrial minerals  
mining operation that begins after the  
date of the enactment of the ,industrial
 ,mineral ,parity ,act of #bjai at a    
site on which coal mining was conducted 
before the effective date of the        
,surface ,mining ,control and           
,reclamation ,act of #aigg4  2  7#c7 in 
subparagraph 7,d71 as so redesignated1  
by striking coal remining and inserting 
remining2 and  7#d7 by inserting after  
subparagraph 7,d71 as so redesignated1  
the following3  7,e7 ,remining operation

 ,the term remining operation means a   
coal remining operation or an industrial
 minerals remining operation4  4  7d7   
,applicability of strip mining laws     
,section #cja7p77#d7 of the ,federal    
,water ,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc    
,u4,s4,c4 #acaa7p77#d77 is amended by   
striking coal4  7e7 ,conforming         
amendment ,section #cja7p7 of the       
,federal ,water ,pollution ,control ,act
 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #acaa7p77 is amended in 
the subsection heading by striking coal4