Legacy Mine Cleanup Act of 2024

Summary

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.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

7 official files

• Engrossed in Senate (text)

  Engrossed in Senate · EN · 15 April 2024

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Engrossed in Senate (PDF)

  Engrossed in Senate · EN · 15 April 2024

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Passed Senate

  summary · EN · 15 April 2024

  Open at official source

• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 12 March 2024

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Reported to Senate (PDF)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 12 March 2024

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 29 February 2024

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 29 February 2024

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.