S. 3858 · 118th Congress
Legacy Mine Cleanup Act of 2024
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- Senate Introduced Feb 29, 2024
- Senate Passed Apr 15, 2024
This bill establishes an office within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to coordinate the EPA’s response actions at abandoned mine sites and establish and disseminate best practices for mine site response actions.
What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate · Apr 15, 2024
Legacy Mine Cleanup Act of 2024
This bill establishes an office within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to coordinate the EPA’s response actions at abandoned mine sites and establish and disseminate best practices for mine site response actions. The bill specifically addresses the land, water, and surrounding watersheds where extraction, beneficiation, or processing of hardrock ores or minerals occurred but has been discontinued, including temporarily.
The EPA must annually identify abandoned mine sites that are prioritized for response actions by coordinating with EPA regional offices, federal agencies, states, Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations, and stakeholders. The EPA must also regularly coordinate with its regional offices on response actions and share best practices with respect to each site identified for priority response actions.
By September 30, 2027, and every 10 years after, the EPA must cooperate with specified entities (e.g., the Department of Energy) and consult with affected tribal governments to develop a 10-year interagency plan for coordinating response actions at Navajo Nation abandoned uranium mine sites.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Legacy Mine Cleanup Act of 2024
Latest action (Apr 16, 2024): Held at the desk.
Policy area: Environmental Protection · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Feb 29, 2024
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- Senate Introduced Feb 29, 2024
- Senate Passed Apr 15, 2024
No recorded floor vote found.