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House approves mining protection amendments after contested floor debate and amendments
Summary
Lawmakers debated First Substitute SB68 over vested mining rights, local control and notice to surface owners; the House adopted sponsor and member amendments and passed the measure as amended.
The House on March 11 passed First Substitute SB68, a measure that codifies protections for existing large, operating mines while preserving environmental and safety oversight, after extended debate over local control and notice requirements.
Representative Bigelow, the sponsor, described the bill as an effort to put into code long-standing judicially recognized protections for mines that are active and producing…
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