H.R. 3059 — Streamlining Critical Mineral Permitting Act

This section expands eligibility for interim hazardous waste permits under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to include critical energy resource facilities. (As background, such permits allow existing hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities to continue operations pending a full permit decision if they meet specified criteria and submit timely applications.) It defines critical energy resource facility as a facility that processes or refines a critical energy resource, meaning an energy resource—as determined by the Secretary of Energy—that is essential to U.S. energy sector and systems and has a supply chain vulnerable to disruption.