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House advances bill to publish draft cumulative hydrologic impact analyses earlier in coal permit reviews
Summary
House Bill 633 (HB 6 33 in the transcript) would require the Department of Environmental Quality to produce a draft cumulative hydrologic impact analysis earlier in the coal strip‑mine permitting process so the public can comment on the CHIA before the agency issues its final decision; the committee passed the bill overwhelmingly.
Representative Perry sponsored House Bill 633 (referred to in the transcript as House Bill 6 33), a bill to change how the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) handles cumulative hydrologic impact analyses (CHIAs) in coal mine permitting.
Perry told the House the CHIA currently is prepared and released concurrently with the DEQ’s final permit decision, which gives the public little meaningful time to review the underlying hydrologic…
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