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DEQ updates committee on mining programs, aquifer exemptions and Class VI carbon storage permitting
Summary
DEQ summarized land‑quality activity including program amendments pending at the Office of Surface Mining (OSM), aquifer exemptions for in situ recovery, and progress on Class VI (carbon sequestration) permits and applications.
Todd Parfitt and land quality staff told the committee that DEQ oversees coal and non‑coal programs, manages bonding for reclamation, and is pursuing several regulatory program amendments and new authorizations.
Program amendments and OSM: Parfitt said several program amendments are pending at the federal Office of Surface Mining (OSM) and that OSM staffing and leadership turnover has delayed approval. He noted that the “assigned trust” mechanism passed in state legislation requires an OSM program amendment before coal operators may use it; non‑coal mining operations (trona, bentonite, uranium) may use the mechanism in the interim.
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