Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources To Promote American Mineral Security

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1. Copper is essential to America's energy, defense, and manufacturing sectors. From the electric grid to semiconductors, copper plays a critical role in supporting our modern economy. Maintaining and increasing domestic copper smelting capacity is vital to reducing reliance on foreign supply chains and ensuring American mineral security. Executive Order 14220 of February 25, 2025 (Addressing the Threat to National Security From Imports of Copper), recognized copper as a “critical material essential to the national security, economic strength, and industrial resilience of the United States,”…

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