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Senate committee hears HB7 to fund reclamation and high‑hazard projects; Granite County removals questioned
Summary
House Bill 7 would allocate reclamation and development grants for abandoned mine, hazardous substance and crucial-state-need projects; sponsor said an incorrect revenue estimate reduced the bill and removed a Granite County project that lacked a local match.
Representative John Fitzpatrick told the Senate Finance and Claims Committee that House Bill 7 provides funding through DNRC’s Reclamation and Development Grant program for projects that reclaim and mitigate damage from historic mineral, oil and gas development and for repairs to state-owned water projects. Fitzpatrick said the bill contains $700,000 for planning grants and $3.8 million for reclamation grants and that the bill, like HB6, suffered from an incorrect revenue…
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