Sec. 113. Tailings and waste mineralization program
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The Secretary shall conduct field experiments to examine the use of mine tailings and industrial wastes for the purpose of carbon mineralization. The field experiments using mine tailings and industrial wastes conducted under paragraph
(1)shall assess— the reusing of industrial slags and mine tailings in manufacturing; and other industrial wastes that may have carbon mineralization properties. Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct, and submit to Congress a report that describes the results of, a study on the environmental impacts of— broadcasting materials and distributing piles of mine tailings at various scales for the purposes of enhanced carbon mineralization; and additional mining for the purposes of carbon mineralization. The study under paragraph
(1)shall include an analysis of— the relative carbon removal potential associated with various scales of carbon mineralization; the cost of environmental mitigation of the environmental impacts identified under the study; and opportunities— for remediation; to co-extract reactive minerals with conventional mining operations; and for the use of reactive minerals in mining remediation.