Abandoned Mine Lands: Related Links
Explore the links on this page to learn more about EPA programs, other federal Abandoned Mine Lands (AML), public and international AML, states, and tribes:
- EPA Programs
- Other Federal Abandoned Mine Lands
- Other Public and International Abandoned Mine Lands
- States
- Tribes
EPA Programs
- Removal & Remedial Authorities (CERCLA)
- Redevelopment/Reuse
- Office of Water
- Brownfields
- Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA)
- Technology Innovation Program
- Lead Sites Workgrou (LSW)
- Rocky Mountain Regional Hazardous Substance Research Center (HSRC) Exit
- Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Program
- TRI Explorer
- TENORM
- Mine Waste Technology Program
- Natural Resource Damages
Other Federal AML
- Office of Surface Mining (OSM) AML
- Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
- US Geological Survey (USGS) Abandoned Mine Lands Initiative
- National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
- National Park Service
- US Forest Service
- Mine Safety and Health Administration
Other Public and International AML
All of the links below lead to webpages outside the EPA website domain Exit
- Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC).
- European Union Mining Waste
- Australian Centre for Minerals Extension and Research
- International Council on Mining and Metals
- International Network for Acid Prevention
- Mine Environment Neutral Drainage Program (Canada)
- Cleaning Up Abandoned Hardrock Mines in the West: Prospecting for a Better Future (PDF)Exit (55 pp, 8.1MB, About PDF). Limerick, P.N., J.N. Ryan, T.R. Brown, and T.A. Comp. Center of the American West, University of Colorado at Boulder. 2005.
States
The State weblinks below provide information ranging from statutory and regulatory authority, policies, site inventories and state technical resources.
All the links below lead to websites outside EPA's web domain Exit
| State AML Websites | ||
|---|---|---|
| Alaska | North Carolina | Texas |
| California | North Dakota | Utah |
| Colorado | Oklahoma | Washington |
| Montana | Oregon | Wyoming |
| New Mexico | South Dakota |
Tribes
One important goal of EPA's AML Program is to identify ways to protect human health and environment on Tribal Lands. For Policy and Guidance information on how mining wastes impact Tribal lands, please read Publications on Mining Waste Management in Indian Country, EPA 530-B-99-006- July 1999 (PDF)(16 pp, 649K).
General Tribal Waste Issues and Information
- Office of Surface Mining
- EPA Region 9 Tribal Programs
- National Tribal Environmental Council Exit
- Waste Management in Indian Country
- Risk Assessments and Hazardous Waste Cleanup in Indian Country: The Role of the Federal-Indian Trust Relationship (PDF) (9 pp, 27K) Exit
Hopi
- Behind the Big Mountain Relocations: New Evidence About Mineral Development Plans of the Hopi Tribal Council Exit
Navajo
- Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency (NNEPA)
- Navajo AML Reclamation/UMTRA Department Exit
- Navajo Uranium Impact Assessment Program, Southwest Research and Information Center Exit
- Navajo Abandoned Uranium Mines, EPA Region 9