File Code: Environment
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegate Hucker
- Entitled:
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Department of the Environment - Licensing and Permitting Prohibited for
Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
Adding mountaintop removal coal mining to the list of activities that
are included in the definition of surface mining; prohibiting the
Department of the Environment from issuing or renewing a surface
mining license to an applicant who would engage in mountaintop removal
coal mining; requiring the Department to deny a surface mining permit
to an applicant who would engage in mountaintop removal coal mining;
and defining "mountaintop removal coal mining".
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 3/9
- First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Senate Action
- No Action
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Coal
- Environment, Department of
- Environmental Matters -see also- Conserv; Nat Resrce; Pollut
- Licenses -see also- Alcoholic Bev Lic; Drivers` Licenses
- Mining
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Environment
- (
15-801 ,
15-807 ,
15-807 ,
15-810
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal and Policy Note:
Not available at this time
- Amendments:
None offered
