H.B. No. 0055

Surface mining operations-exemptions.

Sponsored By:        Representative(s) Greear and Senator(s) Bebout

AN ACT relating to environmental quality; amending the criteria for the environmental quality council to modify or suspend certain requirements for specified small surface mining operations; exempting access roads from small surface mine acreage limits; and providing for an effective date.

12/17/2012  Bill Number Assigned

1/8/2013    H Received for Introduction

1/9/2013    H Introduced and Referred to H09

1/25/2013   H09 Recommended Do Pass

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Byrd, Cannady, Greear, Kasperik, Larsen, Lockhart, Reeder, Sommers and Winters

Ayes 9 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

1/25/2013   H Placed on General File

1/29/2013   H Passed CoW

1/30/2013   H Passed 2nd Reading

1/31/2013   H Passed 3rd Reading

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Baker, Barlow, Berger, Blake, Blevins, Blikre, Brown, Burkhart, Byrd, Campbell, Cannady, Coleman, Connolly, Davison, Eklund, Esquibel, K., Filer, Freeman, Gingery, Goggles, Greear, Greene, Halverson, Harshman, Harvey, Hunt, Hutchings, Jaggi, Kasperik, Kirkbride, Kroeker, Krone, Larsen, Lockhart, Loucks, Lubnau, Madden, McKim, Miller, Moniz, Nicholas, B., Northrup, Patton, Paxton, Petroff, Piiparinen, Reeder, Semlek, Sommers, Stubson, Teeters, Throne, Wallis, Walters, Watt, Wilson, Winters, Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.

Excused:  Representative(s) Gay

Ayes 59 Nays 0 Excused 1 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

1/31/2013   S Received for Introduction

1/31/2013   S Introduced and Referred to S09

2/4/2013    S09 Recommended Do Pass

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Anderson, JD S02, Coe, Cooper, Hines and Rothfuss

Ayes 5 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

2/4/2013    S Placed on General File

2/14/2013   S Passed CoW

2/15/2013   S Passed 2nd Reading

HB0055S3001/ADOPTED

Page 1-line 1           Delete "amending the".

Page 1-lines 2 and 3    Delete.

Page 1-line 4           Delete "mining operations;".

Page 2-line 2           Reinsert stricken language.  MEIER

2/19/2013   S Passed 3rd Reading

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Anderson, JD S02, Barnard, Bebout, Burns, Christensen, Coe, Cooper, Craft, Dockstader, Driskill, Emerich, Esquibel, F., Geis, Hastert, Hicks, Hines, Johnson, Landen, Meier, Nicholas, P., Nutting, Peterson, Ross, Rothfuss and Von Flatern

Nays:  Senator(s) Anderson, JL S28, Case, Perkins and Schiffer

Conflicts:  Senator(s) Scott

Ayes 25 Nays 4 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 1

2/19/2013   H Received for Concurrence

2/20/2013   H Did Not Concur

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Barlow and Byrd.

Nays:  Representative(s) Baker, Berger, Blake, Blevins, Blikre, Brown, Burkhart, Campbell, Cannady, Coleman, Connolly, Davison, Eklund, Esquibel, K., Filer, Freeman, Gay, Gingery, Goggles, Greear, Greene, Halverson, Harshman, Harvey, Hunt, Hutchings, Jaggi, Kasperik, Kirkbride, Kroeker, Krone, Larsen, Lockhart, Loucks, Lubnau, Madden, McKim, Miller, Moniz, Nicholas, B., Northrup, Patton, Paxton, Petroff, Piiparinen, Reeder, Semlek, Stubson, Teeters, Throne, Wallis, Walters, Watt, Wilson, Winters, Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.

Excused:  Representative(s) Sommers

Ayes 2 Nays 57 Excused 1 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

2/20/2013   H Appointed JCC01 Members:

Representative(s) Lockhart, Greear, Larsen

2/20/2013   S Appointed  JCC01 Members:

Senator(s) Bebout, Cooper, Hines

2/25/2013   H Adopted HB0055JC01

HB0055JC01/A      ADOPTED     (TO ENGROSSED COPY)

Delete the following Senate amendment:

HB0055S3001/A

Further amend the ENGROSSED COPY as follows:

Page 2-line 2           After stricken "(10,000)" insert "thirty-five thousand (35,000)"; reinsert "yards of overburden and"; after reinserted "overburden" insert ", excluding topsoil,".

LOCKHART, GREEAR, LARSEN, BEBOUT, COOPER, HINES

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Baker, Barlow, Berger, Blake, Blevins, Blikre, Brown, Burkhart, Byrd, Campbell, Cannady, Coleman, Connolly, Davison, Eklund, Esquibel, K., Filer, Freeman, Gay, Gingery, Goggles, Greear, Greene, Halverson, Harshman, Harvey, Hunt, Hutchings, Jaggi, Kasperik, Kirkbride, Kroeker, Krone, Larsen, Lockhart, Loucks, Lubnau, Madden, McKim, Miller, Moniz, Nicholas, B., Northrup, Patton, Paxton, Petroff, Piiparinen, Reeder, Semlek, Sommers, Stubson, Teeters, Throne, Wallis, Walters, Watt, Wilson, Winters, Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.

Ayes 60 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

2/26/2013   S Adopted HB0055JC01

HB0055JC01/AA     ADOPTED     (TO ENGROSSED COPY)

Delete the following Senate amendment:

HB0055S3001/A

Further amend the ENGROSSED COPY as follows:

Page 2-line 2           After stricken "(10,000)" insert "thirty-five thousand (35,000)"; reinsert "yards of overburden and"; after reinserted "overburden" insert ", excluding topsoil,".

LOCKHART, GREEAR, LARSEN, BEBOUT, COOPER, HINES

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Anderson, JD S02, Anderson, JL S28, Barnard, Bebout, Christensen, Coe, Cooper, Craft, Dockstader, Driskill, Emerich, Esquibel, F., Geis, Hastert, Hicks, Hines, Johnson, Landen, Meier, Nicholas, P., Nutting, Perkins, Peterson, Ross, Rothfuss and Von Flatern

Nays:  Senator(s) Burns, Case and Schiffer

Conflicts:  Senator(s) Scott

Ayes 26 Nays 3 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 1

2/26/2013   Assigned Number HEA No. 0104

2/26/2013   H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0104

2/27/2013   S President Signed HEA No. 0104

3/13/2013   Governor Signed HEA No. 0104

3/13/2013   Assigned Chapter Number

Chapter No. 0187  Session Laws of Wyoming 2013