Abandoned Mine Lands

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Abandoned mine lands (AMLs) are those lands, waters and surrounding watersheds where extraction, beneficiation or processing of ores and minerals has occurred. AMLs can pose serious threats to human health and the environment. EPA has a range of resources related to the environmental risks and challenges from AMLs as well as risk management approaches and opportunities to explore innovative reuse opportunities at these sites.

Basic Information - basic information about the AMLs and EPA's AML Program.

AML Site Information - information about abandoned hardrock mines and mineral processing sites, including sites on the National Priorities List (NPL).

Policy & Guidance - EPA policy and guidance documents that have direct applications to the assessment and remediation of abandoned mine lands.

Technical Resources - technical reports, studies, and information on conferences and meeting proceedings related to EPA's Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Program.

Revitalization & Reuse - links and fact sheets pertaining to revitalization and reuse.

Mineral Processing Sectors - Gold/Silver, Lead, Iron, Copper, Zinc, Uranium, Phosphate, Extraction, Beneficiation, and/or Processing

Related Links - more information about AMLs.

Where You Live - information about AMLs near you and provides information from EPA regional offices.

States - information on statutory and regulatory authority, policies, site inventories and state technical resources.

Tribes - provides information about AML management on Tribal Lands.

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Abandoned Mine Lands

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