S 2741
Passed a chamber
Establishes an Office of Mountains, Deserts, and Plains within the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate cleanup of abandoned hardrock and uranium mine sites.
Official title: Legacy Mine Cleanup Act of 2025
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House
Received
20-NOV-2025
Senate
Introduced
09-SEP-2025
Referred
09-SEP-2025
Approved by committee
29-OCT-2025
Reported
29-OCT-2025
On the calendar
29-OCT-2025
Passed
19-NOV-2025
- Creates the office inside the EPA division that runs solid waste programs, headed by a Director selected by the EPA Administrator
- Requires the EPA to identify priority abandoned mine sites each year and report the list and cleanup status to Congress
- Requires a 10-year interagency plan for cleaning up abandoned uranium mine sites on the Navajo Nation, with the first plan due by September 30, 2028
- States that the office does not give the EPA new regulatory authority or set a default cleanup standard
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