Notice 13 Aug 2025 compliance, environmental regulation, epa, financial assurance, mine remediation, good samaritan act

🏞️Financial Assurance Guidance for Good Samaritan Remediation Act

In the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024, as part of the permit application, Good Samaritan applicants must provide financial assurance for every project. This document provides guidance in drafting and fulfilling the financial assurance components of Good Samaritan permits. This guidance defines relevant terms, discusses initial and modified cost estimates and financial assurance mechanisms, and describes how financial assurance may be accessed and released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Notice 12 Aug 2025 compliance, nuclear regulatory commission, environmental assessment, decommissioning funding plans, financial assurance

🔋NRC Issues Environmental Assessment for Decommissioning Funding Plans

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this notice regarding the issuance of a final environmental assessment (EA) and a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for its review and approval of the initial and updated decommissioning funding plans (DFPs) submitted by independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) licensee for the ISFSI listed in the "Discussion" section of this document.

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