Environmental Protection Agency

• Abandoned Mine Lands – Revitalization and Reuse Page

  This page includes reports, toolkits, and fact sheets related to the revitalization and reuse of AMLs.

• Abandoned Mine Lands – Technical Reports

  This includes technical reports related to mining geochemistry, remediation, biological remediation/treatment, and characterization.

• Water Quality Credits at Former Mine Lands: Improving America’s Water Resources, Reclaiming Lost Landscapes Fact Sheet

  This fact sheet is intended to educate communities, mine land owners, potentially responsible parties, companies, and other interested groups about how water quality trading credits can be used as part of an integrated strategy to clean up and restore former mine lands.

Innovative Reuse at Mining Sites

• A Breath of Fresh Air for America’s Abandoned Mine Lands: Alternative Energy Provides a Second Wind
  March 2012
• 2012 Update – Renewable Energy on Mine Sites
  March 2012
• Shining Light on a Bright Opportunity: Developing Solar Energy on Abandoned Mine Lands
  December 2011
• The Use of Soil Amendments for Remediation, Revitalization, and Reuse
  December 2007
• Land Conservation and Former Mine Land Resources, Planning for the Future
  July 2004
• Wetland Banking at Former Mine Lands: An Ecological Solution with Economic Benefits
  July 2004

Stakeholder Involvement and Mine Reuse

• Federal Actions to Address Impacts of Uranium Contamination in the Navajo Nation: Five-Year Plan Summary Report
  January 2013

  This report details the progress of cleanup efforts at abandoned uranium mines on Navajo Nation lands as well as efforts to provide safe drinking water and demolish and replace contaminated homes there over the past five years.

• Overview of EPA’s ORD Technical Outreach and Support Activities on Sustainable Mining Applications
  October 2008

   This presentation showcases alternative and innovative technologies for remediating abandoned mine lands.

• Identification and Evaluation of Community Involvement Activities in Abandoned Mine Land Communities
  September 2007

  This identifies community involvement challenges that are typical to AML sites and to provide examples of how these challenges have been successfully addressed.

• Mine Site Cleanup for Brownfields Redevelopment: A Three-Part Primer
  November 2005

  This provides an overview of mining site redevelopment, as well as new and innovative approaches, such as the Triad approach, to more efficiently characterize and cleanup those sites.

• Meeting Community Needs, Protecting Human Health and the Environment: Active and Passive Recreational Opportunities at Abandoned Mine Lands
  January 2003

  This fact sheet provides information about recreational reuse for all stakeholders and community members interested in creating recreational opportunities at nearby abandoned mine lands.