119-hr3059

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3059 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3059

To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide the owner or operator 
of a critical energy resource facility an interim permit under subtitle 
 C that is subject to final approval by the Administrator of the 
 Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 29, 2025

Mr. Carter of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
 to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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 A BILL

To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide the owner or operator 
of a critical energy resource facility an interim permit under subtitle 
 C that is subject to final approval by the Administrator of the 
 Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Streamlining Critical Mineral 
Permitting Act''.

SEC. 2. INTERIM HAZARDOUS WASTE PERMITS.

 

Section 3005

    (e) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6925

    (e) ) 
is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (1)
        (A) --
        (A) in clause
            (i) , by striking ``or'' at the end;
        (B) in clause
            (ii) , by inserting ``or'' after 
 ``this section,''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (iii) is a critical energy resource facility,''; 
 and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (4) === Definitions. ===
-For the purposes of this subsection:
 ``
        (A) Critical energy resource.--The term `critical energy 
 resource' means, as determined by the Secretary of Energy, any 
 energy resource--
 ``
            (i) that is essential to the energy sector and 
 energy systems of the United States; and
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            (ii) the supply chain of which is vulnerable to 
 disruption.
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        (B) Critical energy resource facility.--The term 
 `critical energy resource facility' means a facility that 
 processes or refines a critical energy resource.''.
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