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Committee advances mining, water-storage and energy bills and four joint memorials to the House floor
Summary
At the same meeting the committee advanced a set of bills and joint memorials to the House floor, including a bill to retain small federal hydropower remittances for mining permitting support, a memorial backing the Stibnite mine permitting, a memorial urging study of rebuilding the Teton Dam, and a mining-support memorial.
The Idaho House Resources and Conservation Committee voted to advance several measures to the full House during the same session that sent House Bill 389 to the floor.
Senate Bill 1020: Representative John Schertz presented Senate Bill 1020, which would place small remittances received from federal hydropower licensing into a dedicated fund for permitting and permitting-related work to support mining operations. Schertz said the remitted amount is roughly $150,000 annually and that the change would move those funds out of the general fund into a dedicated account to help miners pay for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and related permitting costs. Will Hart of the Idaho Consumer Owned Utilities Association told the committee the group supports the bill. The committee approved the bill’s advance to the floor on a motion and voice vote; a roll call tally was not recorded in the transcript.
Senate Joint Memorial 103 (Stibnite): Representative John Schertz also presented Senate Joint Memorial 103, which expresses legislative support for…
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