This bill would reinstate a coal mining plan modification for the Bull Mountains Mine in Montana that was previously approved by the Department of the Interior. The specific modification, known as Amendment 3 to the Bull Mountains Mine No. 1 Mining Plan, had been analyzed and approved by federal agencies between 2018 and 2020. The bill requires the Secretary of the Interior to reinstate this mining plan within 30 days of the bill's enactment without any modifications or delays. Once reinstated, the mining plan would remain in effect until mining operations under that plan are completed, as determined by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality. The bill does not provide new federal funding for the mining operation itself, as it only restores a previously approved regulatory authorization.
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