House Natural Resources Committee
Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee
Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act
On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, at 2:00 P.M. ET, via Cisco Webex, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold a remote legislative hearing and will consider the following legislation:
- H.R. 2794 (Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.)) “Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act”
The legislation withdraws approximately 234,328 acres of federal land and waters in a specified area in the Rainy River Watershed of Superior National Forest in Minnesota from sulfide-ore copper mining.