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USEPA Mine Site Activities National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs Billings, Montana September 25, 2006 Presented by: Tom Peake US EPA Office of Radiation and Indoor Air
USEPA Mine Site Activities •
EPA mining activities in multiple offices are coordinated through National Mining Team (NMT).
Current Activities: 4) Good Samaritan Activities 5) Environmental Management Systems and Best Management Practices 6) Federal And State Coordination 7) Other EPA activities 8) Office Of Radiation and Indoor Air Activities 2
USEPA Mine Site Activities Good Samaritan Legislation • S1848 passed Senate Environment and Public Works Committee • Relieve nonprofit groups & local governments from liability • U.S. EPA or designated state or tribal agency issue permit protecting "Good Samaritans" from liability • Permit require detailed description of technical work, list of specific environmental laws and financial assurance for site activities
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USEPA Mine Site Activities EPA Good Samaritan Tools: • CERCLA §107(d) comfort letter • CERCLA AOC • Brownfields funding • Federal Land Managers’ CERCLA § 106 removals • CWA––Standards, permitting, trading & watershed guidance • State VCP –– MOU (waste only, not water) EPA used tools at: • American Fork Canyon, Utah (AOCs completed) • Peru Creek / Pennsylvania Mine, Colorado • Doctor Mine, Colorado • Colorado Gulch, Colorado 4
USEPA Mine Site Activities EPA’s Mining Environmental Management Systems and BestManagement Practices • EPA wants to work with states and industry to prepare: – – – –
Set of Best Management Practices (BMPs) for gold, copper Mining sector-specific EMS standards. Recognition programs for companies that are doing a good job Mentoring program where good companies could mentor other companies
• EPA has met with the Env. Division of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) and member companies such as BHP-Billiton, Newmont & Barrick Gold • EPA has toured several Phelps-Dodge (PD) mines in NM and AZ to observe EMS implementation examples. • EPA is working with multiple stakeholders through the Compliance Assistance Program to develop BMPs for gold and copper mining sector. 5
USEPA Mine Site Activities Coordination with Federal Land Managers & States •Federal Land Management Agencies: • • • •
Regular meeting to discuss issues and activities Developed the Joint Repository Policy Currently working on a common site inventory system National Mine Land Inventory
•States: • Provided grants to Virginia and Missouri on abandoned mine lands inventory and characterization • Characterization and reuse options support to states of Oregon and Nevada (Mercury) and New Mexico (reuse options at operating mine) • Mining Rulemaking support to Michigan (Nickel Mine – Upper Peninsula)
6
USEPA Mine Site Activities Superfund:
Other EPA Activities
•
Currently addressing more than 40 sites on the NPL and has taken hundreds of removal actions at AMLs sites. • We are currently adding 2-3 AMLs sites per year to the NPL. • Due to an increasing number of mining company bankruptcies, EPA has been forced to fund expensive cleanup actions.
Other non-Superfund activities: •
The Agency is working with states to implementation of Total Maximum Discharge Limits at AML districts. • EPA’s Office of Research & Development is involved in developing new characterization & cleanup technologies under the Mine Waste Technology Program. • Hard Rock 2006 Conference: Sustainable Modern Mining Applications, November 14-16, 2006, Tuscon, AZ; www.epa.gov/hardrockmining 7
USEPA Mine Site Activities Office of Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA) TENORM Program • Goal: Minimize exposures where natural sources of radioactivity are concentrated in the environment, or made more accessible due to human activities. Uranium TENORM • Identify & characterize abandoned U mine risks • Reduce risks from contaminated buildings • Participate in activities that reduce risks from abandoned uranium mines 8
USEPA Mine Site Activities ORIA TENORM Program Recent & Ongoing Activities • Uranium Reports – U Volume I Provides Background on Uranium Mining, Waste Characteristics, & Reclamation – U Volume II is a Scoping Study of Abandoned Uranium Distribution and Risks
• Uranium Location Database is Available – ~15,000 uranium mines, mills, and uranium mine disturbed sites nationally compared to ~8000 in MAS/MILS (~4000 past producing mines) – Effort began with cooperative MOU for Colorado Plateau signed in 2000 – Original participating agencies: EPA, FS, BLM; States of Colorado, Utah – 19 separate federal/state/Tribal database sources in final compilation 9
USEPA Mine Site Activities Summary • EPA has AML-related activities ongoing in multiple offices and states • EPA would like to jointly work with other federal agencies and states to address abandoned mine land issues • For Further Information Contact – Shahid Mahmud • (703-603-8789); [email protected]
– Stephen Hoffman • (703-308-8413); [email protected] 10
USEPA Mine Site Activities •
EPA mining activities in multiple offices are coordinated through National Mining Team (NMT).
Current Activities: 4) Good Samaritan Activities 5) Environmental Management Systems and Best Management Practices 6) Federal And State Coordination 7) Other EPA activities 8) Office Of Radiation and Indoor Air Activities 2
USEPA Mine Site Activities Good Samaritan Legislation • S1848 passed Senate Environment and Public Works Committee • Relieve nonprofit groups & local governments from liability • U.S. EPA or designated state or tribal agency issue permit protecting "Good Samaritans" from liability • Permit require detailed description of technical work, list of specific environmental laws and financial assurance for site activities
3
USEPA Mine Site Activities EPA Good Samaritan Tools: • CERCLA §107(d) comfort letter • CERCLA AOC • Brownfields funding • Federal Land Managers’ CERCLA § 106 removals • CWA––Standards, permitting, trading & watershed guidance • State VCP –– MOU (waste only, not water) EPA used tools at: • American Fork Canyon, Utah (AOCs completed) • Peru Creek / Pennsylvania Mine, Colorado • Doctor Mine, Colorado • Colorado Gulch, Colorado 4
USEPA Mine Site Activities EPA’s Mining Environmental Management Systems and BestManagement Practices • EPA wants to work with states and industry to prepare: – – – –
Set of Best Management Practices (BMPs) for gold, copper Mining sector-specific EMS standards. Recognition programs for companies that are doing a good job Mentoring program where good companies could mentor other companies
• EPA has met with the Env. Division of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) and member companies such as BHP-Billiton, Newmont & Barrick Gold • EPA has toured several Phelps-Dodge (PD) mines in NM and AZ to observe EMS implementation examples. • EPA is working with multiple stakeholders through the Compliance Assistance Program to develop BMPs for gold and copper mining sector. 5
USEPA Mine Site Activities Coordination with Federal Land Managers & States •Federal Land Management Agencies: • • • •
Regular meeting to discuss issues and activities Developed the Joint Repository Policy Currently working on a common site inventory system National Mine Land Inventory
•States: • Provided grants to Virginia and Missouri on abandoned mine lands inventory and characterization • Characterization and reuse options support to states of Oregon and Nevada (Mercury) and New Mexico (reuse options at operating mine) • Mining Rulemaking support to Michigan (Nickel Mine – Upper Peninsula)
6
USEPA Mine Site Activities Superfund:
Other EPA Activities
•
Currently addressing more than 40 sites on the NPL and has taken hundreds of removal actions at AMLs sites. • We are currently adding 2-3 AMLs sites per year to the NPL. • Due to an increasing number of mining company bankruptcies, EPA has been forced to fund expensive cleanup actions.
Other non-Superfund activities: •
The Agency is working with states to implementation of Total Maximum Discharge Limits at AML districts. • EPA’s Office of Research & Development is involved in developing new characterization & cleanup technologies under the Mine Waste Technology Program. • Hard Rock 2006 Conference: Sustainable Modern Mining Applications, November 14-16, 2006, Tuscon, AZ; www.epa.gov/hardrockmining 7
USEPA Mine Site Activities Office of Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA) TENORM Program • Goal: Minimize exposures where natural sources of radioactivity are concentrated in the environment, or made more accessible due to human activities. Uranium TENORM • Identify & characterize abandoned U mine risks • Reduce risks from contaminated buildings • Participate in activities that reduce risks from abandoned uranium mines 8
USEPA Mine Site Activities ORIA TENORM Program Recent & Ongoing Activities • Uranium Reports – U Volume I Provides Background on Uranium Mining, Waste Characteristics, & Reclamation – U Volume II is a Scoping Study of Abandoned Uranium Distribution and Risks
• Uranium Location Database is Available – ~15,000 uranium mines, mills, and uranium mine disturbed sites nationally compared to ~8000 in MAS/MILS (~4000 past producing mines) – Effort began with cooperative MOU for Colorado Plateau signed in 2000 – Original participating agencies: EPA, FS, BLM; States of Colorado, Utah – 19 separate federal/state/Tribal database sources in final compilation 9
USEPA Mine Site Activities Summary • EPA has AML-related activities ongoing in multiple offices and states • EPA would like to jointly work with other federal agencies and states to address abandoned mine land issues • For Further Information Contact – Shahid Mahmud • (703-603-8789); [email protected]
– Stephen Hoffman • (703-308-8413); [email protected] 10
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