Streamlining Critical Mineral Permitting Act

I 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 Environ- mental Protection Agency, and for other purposes. 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 A BILL To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide the owner or operator of a critical energy resource facility an in- terim permit under subtitle C that is subject to final approval by the Administrator of the Environmental Pro- tection Agency, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Streamlining Critical 4 Mineral Permitting Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 08:13 May 07, 2025 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3059.IH H3059mprince on LAP1J3WLY3PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 3059 IH SEC. 2. INTERIM HAZARDOUS WASTE PERMITS. 1 Section 3005(e) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 2 U.S.C. 6925(e)) is amended— 3 (1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 4 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 5 end; 6 (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after 7 ‘‘this section,’’; and 8 (C) by adding at the end the following: 9 ‘‘(iii) is a critical energy resource facility,’’; 10 and 11 (2) by adding at the end the following: 12 ‘‘(4) D EFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this sub-13 section: 14 ‘‘(A) C RITICAL ENERGY RESOURCE .—The term 15 ‘critical energy resource’ means, as determined by 16 the Secretary of Energy, any energy resource— 17 ‘‘(i) that is essential to the energy sector 18 and energy systems of the United States; and 19 ‘‘(ii) the supply chain of which is vulner-20 able to disruption. 21 ‘‘(B) CRITICAL ENERGY RESOURCE FACILITY .— 22 The term ‘critical energy resource facility’ means a 23 facility that processes or refines a critical energy re-24 source.’’. 25 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:29 May 08, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3059.IH H3059mprince on LAP1J3WLY3PROD with $$_JOB