• metal and nonmetallic mineral mining, which may involve
  • quarrying
  • well operations
  • beneficiating (e.g., crushing, screening, washing, and flotation)
  • other preparation customarily performed at the mine site, or as a part of mining activity.

Additional regulatory information may be available from the US Department of the Interior (DOI).

Laws and Regulations

​Air

• Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
• National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP): air toxics regulations:
  • Gold Mine Ore Processing and Production (Area Sources)
  • Taconite Iron Ore Processing

Asbestos

• Asbestos Laws and Regulations

Waste

• Industrial Waste: Mining Waste
• TENORM: Mining Wastes: Technologically-Enhanced, Naturally-Occurring Radioactive Material (TENORM) produced from mining wastes.

Water

• Effluent Guidelines: Coal Mining Point Source Category
• Ore Mining and Dressing Effluent Guidelines
• Mineral Mining and Processing Effluent Guidelines
• Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia: mountaintop coal mining and surface mining.
• National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES): wastewater permits:
  • Mining
  • Stormwater Discharges from Industrial Facilities
• Underground Injection Control (UIC) Regulations

Enforcement

• National Enforcement Initiatives: Reducing Pollution from Mineral Processing Operations

Policies and Guidance

• Guidance on Implementing the Radionuclide NESHAP
• Surface Coal Mining Activities under Clean Water Act Section 404: wetlands policy and guidance 
• Polluted Runoff: Abandoned Mine Drainage
• Abandoned Mine Land: Policy and Guidance: assessment and remediation of abandoned mine lands.

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