The Commission shall, to avoid duplication, provide for the coordination of review and issuance of permits for surface coal mining and reclamation operations with: (1) any other federal or state permit process applicable to those operations including, at a minimum, permits required under the: (A) Clean Water Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); and (B) Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.); (2) the requirements of any water-quality management plans which have been approved by the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency under Sections 208 or 303(c) and 303(e) of the Clean Water Act, as amended, (33 U.S.C. 1288, 1313(c) and 1313(e)); and (3) the applicable requirements of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.); the Migratory
Bird Treaty Act of 1918, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.); the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.); and the Bald Eagle Protection Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 668a).
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