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Senate committee un-tables and approves bill extending DEQ mining funding
Summary
The Senate Committee on Natural Resources voted to remove Senate Bill 71 from the table and approved it, extending special-revenue NRO funding used to operate the Department of Environmental Quality's mining bureau; the bill does not itself create new mining fees, committee members said.
Helena — The Montana Senate Committee on Natural Resources voted to remove Senate Bill 71 from the table and approved the measure on a subsequent vote, extending the Department of Environmental Quality's (DEQ) use of special-revenue Natural Resource Operations (NRO) funds to keep the state's mining permitting program operating.
Committee members voted 9–2 to take the bill off the table. Senator Cuff then moved a “do pass” recommendation on Senate Bill 71, introduced by Kasmeier; the committee later recorded the bill as passed. The measure extends the appropriation timeline the DEQ uses to fund its mining bureau and issue permits.
The bill drew questions from several…
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