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Committee adopts amendment to SB 290 clarifying moratorium language for Buffalo River watershed
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The House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development voted to adopt an amendment to SB 290 that narrows and clarifies moratorium language affecting the Buffalo River watershed and preserved existing watershed protections; the committee gave the bill a do-pass recommendation as amended.
The House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development adopted an amendment to SB 290 that clarifies moratorium language affecting the Buffalo River watershed and voted to give the bill a do-pass recommendation as amended.
Shane Corey, secretary for the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment, told the committee that agriculture, tourism and protection of the Buffalo River need not be mutually exclusive and that the amendment narrows language to avoid overbroad results. "I think there are 3 things that all parties can agree on in this particular matter, and that is…
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