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HR 588In committeePublic Landshouse
Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act
Introduced Jan 21, 2025 by Rep. Betty McCollum
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Latest action · Jan 21, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
What it does
This bill protects and preserves approximately 225,504 acres of federal land and waters in a specified area in the Rainy River Watershed of Superior National Forest in Minnesota from certain mining, such as sulfide-ore copper mining. (The area is upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.)
Specifically, the bill withdraws those acres from
entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws;
location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
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