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Committee backs giving DEQ discretion to treat minor mine maintenance as correctable rather than immediately noncompliant
Summary
Senate Bill 368 would let the Department of Environmental Quality issue written warnings for minor maintenance issues at mine sites and allow 14 days for correction before issuing formal notices of noncompliance; the committee recommended concurrence.
The committee recommended concurrence on Senate Bill 368, which would authorize the Department of Environmental Quality to treat certain small maintenance items at permitted mine sites as correctable within a 14-day period rather than automatically issuing notices of noncompliance and fines.
Sponsor Sen. Sue Vinton said the bill provides “common sense” discretion to…
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