Health study
Read this section in the full bill →
This section appears in one version only, so there is nothing to compare yet.
(a) Study The Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the heads of such other Federal agencies as the Director determines appropriate, shall conduct or support a comprehensive study regarding the health impacts, if any, of mountaintop removal coal mining on individuals who reside in communities in close proximity to mountaintop removal coal mining projects. (b) Report The Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences shall submit to the Secretary, and make publicly available, a report regarding the results of the study conducted or supported under subsection (a). (c) Determination After receipt of the report required under subsection (b), the Secretary shall publish on the website of the Department of Health and Human Services a determination regarding whether mountaintop removal coal mining presents any health risks to individuals who reside in communities in close proximity to mountaintop removal coal mining projects.