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Committee advances HB 378 to strengthen controls, signage and inspections at sand-and-gravel pits
Summary
The House Public Utilities and Energy Committee advanced HB 378, which targets fugitive dust from sand-and-gravel operations by allowing a capped fee increase to fund additional inspectors, requiring on-site signage for community contacts, and continuing a stakeholder work group; the committee passed the second substitute with a favorable recommendation (one recorded nay).
Representative Grisius introduced HB 378, titled the "fugitive dust mitigation amendments," as a targeted package to address dust impacts where multiple sand-and-gravel pits surround communities such as Genola. She told the committee the measure was developed by a multi-stakeholder working group with industry, local officials and state regulators.
"This only applies to sand and gravel," the sponsor said, and described three central elements: tightened definitions, a capped fee increase that would allow the division to hire two new inspectors, and a requirement that pits post signage identifying an on-site contact and how to reach the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
Tim Davis, executive director of the Department of Environmental Quality,…
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