119th CONGRESS 1st Session |
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.
April 29, 2025
Mr. Carter of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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,
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—
(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
“(ii) the supply chain of which is vulnerable to disruption.
“(B) CRITICAL ENERGY RESOURCE FACILITY.—The term ‘critical energy resource facility’ means a facility that processes or refines a critical energy resource.”.