Senate Passes Bipartisan Good Samaritan Legislation, Greenlighting Cleanup of Toxic Abandoned Mines
From Trout Unlimited:
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate passed the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024 with unanimous consent, which would begin to address one of the most pervasive sources of water pollution across the West.
The legislation, spearheaded by U.S. Sens. Jim Risch (R-ID) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM), boasts a bipartisan group of 40 co-sponsors in the Senate. Good Samaritan legislation has been debated in Congress for more than two decades; this is the first time a bill has cleared a full chamber.
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