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H.B. No. 0112 |
Mining permits. |
Sponsored By: Joint Minerals, Business and
Economic Development Interim Committee
AN ACT relating to
environmental quality; providing for notification of permit revisions;
establishing time limits on mine permit application or revision reviews;
limiting requests for additional information on mine permits applications or
revisions; and providing for an effective date.
1/11/2011 Bill Number Assigned
1/12/2011 H Received for Introduction
1/12/2011 H Introduced and Referred to H09
1/19/2011 H09 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Representative(s) Greear, Kasperik, Lockhart, Moniz, Roscoe, Stubson,
Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.
Nays:
Representative(s) Byrd
Ayes 8 Nays 1 Excused
0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
1/19/2011 H Placed on General File
HB0112HS001/ADOPTED
Page 1–line 1 After ";" insert "providing
for notification of permit revisions;".
Page 1–line 9 After "W.S." insert "35‑11‑402(a)(x) and"; delete "and (p) is" insert ",
and by creating new subsections (q) and (r) are".
Page 1–After line 10 Insert:
"35‑11‑402. Establishment of standards.
(a) The council shall, upon
recommendation by the advisory board through the administrator and the
director, establish rules and regulations pursuant to the following reclamation
standards for the affected areas, including but not limited to:
(x) Rules and regulations for the criteria for review and
information and public notice requirements for permit revisions. The administrator shall notify the operator within ninety
(90) days of receipt of the application if the application is complete and if
public notice is required. A permit may be revised without public
notice or hearing for revisions, including incidental boundary revisions to the
area covered by the permit, if these do not propose significant alterations in
the reclamation plan. Subject to applicable standards, any permit, except for
surface coal mining permits, may be revised, in the permitted area, by
identifying proposed alterations to the mining or reclamation plan in the
annual report or addendum thereto, or by obtaining prior approval from the
director, at the operator's discretion;".
Page 1–line 16 Delete all new language; reinsert
stricken "the".
Page 2–lines 1 through 4 Delete all new
language.
Page 2–line 9 Delete "or".
Page 2–line
10 Delete "request for revision of an existing permit".
Page 2–lines 13 through 19 Delete all new
language.
Page 2–line
22 Delete ", the request for revision".
Page 2–line 23 Delete "of an existing permit".
Page 6–line 3 Delete "or revision".
Page 6–After line 17 Insert:
"(q) Permit revisions submitted with an annual report
shall be considered using revision requirements and review time frames and
shall be approved separately from the annual report.
(r) If
the administrator fails to respond to the applicant within ninety (90) days,
the request for revision of an existing permit shall be deemed complete.".
LOCKHART, CHAIRMAN
1/21/2011 H Passed CoW
HB0112H3001/ADOPTED
Page 1-line 9 Delete
"and (p)".
Page 6-lines 2 through 17 Delete entirely including the standing committee
amendment (HB0112HS001/A) to these lines.
THRONE
1/25/2011 H Passed 3rd
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Representative(s) Barbuto, Berger, Blake, Blikre, Bonner, Botten,
Brechtel, Brown, Buchanan, Burkhart, Campbell, Cannady, Childers, Connolly,
Craft, Edmonds, Eklund, Esquibel, K., Freeman, Gay, Gingery, Greear, Greene,
Harshman, Harvey, Hunt, Illoway, Jaggi, Kasperik, Kroeker, Krone, Lockhart,
Loucks, Lubnau, Madden, McKim, McOmie, Miller, Moniz, Nicholas, B., Patton,
Peasley, Pederson, Petersen, Petroff, Quarberg, Roscoe, Semlek, Shepperson,
Steward, Stubson, Teeters, Throne, Vranish, Wallis, Zwonitzer, Dn. and
Zwonitzer, Dv.
Nays:
Representative(s) Byrd
Excused:
Representative(s) Davison and Goggles
Ayes 57 Nays 1 Excused
2 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
1/27/2011 S
Received for Introduction
1/28/2011 S Introduced and
Referred to S09; No Report Prior to CoW Cutoff
3/2/2011 S
Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 7-3(c)