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Lawmakers Hear Calls to Repeal Act 8 51 as Arkansas Residents Cite Water, Noise and Control Concerns
Summary
Committee members and local witnesses urged repeal or revision of Act 8 51 and recommended a moratorium or permitting regime after residents and local officials described groundwater, electricity, noise and ownership problems tied to a new crypto mine near DeWitt.
An Arkansas Senate committee heard hours of testimony urging changes to the state law known in testimony as "act 8 51," with local officials and residents asking lawmakers to repeal the measure and restore local authority over cryptocurrency mining.
Justice Redding, a justice of the peace who said he investigated proposed mining operations in Boone County and Harrison, told the committee those operations sometimes use front companies and foreign ownership structures that complicate oversight. "We need to set up some…
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