Are ‘Good Samaritans’ a solution to cleaning up abandoned hardrock mines?

State agencies, local governments and nonprofits currently can’t take on projects to clean up abandoned hardrock mines because of liability rules. New legislation in Congress co-sponsored by Sen. Mitt Romney hopes to change that.

(Zak Podmore | The Salt Lake Tribune) A Bureau of Land Management sign warns public land users to stay out of the abandoned None Such Mine in 2021. The Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act could make it easier for state agencies, local governments and nonprofits to take on low-risk reclamation projects in Utah.

Are ‘Good Samaritans’ a solution to cleaning up abandoned hardrock mines?

State agencies, local governments and nonprofits currently can’t take on projects to clean up abandoned hardrock mines because of liability rules. New legislation in Congress co-sponsored by Sen. Mitt Romney hopes to change that.

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