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Committee approves amendment and reports House Bill 3429 to full Senate to speed abandoned-mine projects
Summary
A Senate committee adopted an amendment to House Bill 3429 and reported the bill to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass.
A Senate committee voted to adopt a strike-and-insert amendment to House Bill 3429 and then reported the bill to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass. Committee members then adopted a title amendment before adjourning.
Jason Wandling, general counsel for the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), told the committee the bill would create a pool of prequalified engineering firms to speed up design and procurement for Abandoned Mine Lands projects. “We’re hoping that this will shorten some of our project times by 3 to 6 months,” Wandling…
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