H.R. 4323 · 114th Congress
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Safety Act
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This bill directs the Department of the Interior to promulgate regulations for the safe and environmentally responsible reopening of abandoned mines in order to facilitate the cleanup or remediation of conditions at them.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 6, 2016
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Safety Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to promulgate regulations for the safe and environmentally responsible reopening of abandoned mines in order to facilitate the cleanup or remediation of conditions at them.
Such regulations shall:
- apply to both coal and noncoal mines;
- ensure that an abandoned mine is reopened in a manner that protects the safety of workers involved in the reopening, and minimizes the risk of a blowout or other uncontrolled release of water into the environment;
- require development of emergency response and notification plans before reopening any abandoned mine that poses a risk of such an uncontrolled release of water;
- provide for the long-term care and maintenance of hardrock mine bulkheads;
- require approval of reopening plans by a professional engineer; and
- incorporate recommendations from the Bureau of Reclamation report titled "Technical Evaluation of the Gold King Mine Incident San Juan County, Colorado," and dated October 2015.
Interior may seek to arrange with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study best practices for reopening abandoned mines in order to facilitate cleanup or remediation, and recommend related regulatory and legislative action.
Interior shall initiate a program to identify and regularly monitor known surface and underground abandoned mine sites and features posing the highest risk of an inadvertent release of water into the environment.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Abandoned Mine Reclamation Safety Act
Latest action (Jan 7, 2016): Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 6, 2016
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.