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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:

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EPA Programs

  • Removal & Remedial Authorities (CERCLA)
  • Redevelopment/Reuse
  • Office of Water
    • National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) - Mining   
  • Brownfields
  • Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA)
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  • Lead Sites Workgrou (LSW)
  • The Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Hazardous Substance Research Center (HSRC) 
  • 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

  • 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)

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

  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 
  • 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) 

Hopi

  • Behind the Big Mountain Relocations: New Evidence About Mineral Development Plans of the Hopi Tribal Council 

Navajo

  • Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency (NNEPA)
  • Navajo AML Reclamation/UMTRA Department 
  • Navajo Uranium Impact Assessment Program, Southwest Research and Information Center 
  • Navajo Abandoned Uranium Mines, EPA Region 9

Quapaw Tribe

  • Alternatives For Assessing Injuries To Natural Resources At The Tar Creek Superfund Site (PDF)(11 pp, 30 K)
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Last updated on April 8, 2022