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Committee advances bill to define 'beneficial use' for Mobile Bay dredging; amendment limits private lawsuits
Summary
House Bill 181 would require 70% of dredged material from the Mobile Bay channel to be used for ‘beneficial use’ such as marsh building or erosion control; committee voted to give the bill a federal report after an amendment was proposed to bar third‑party private causes of action.
House Bill 181, sponsored by Representative Marcus, was presented to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government as a measure to define “beneficial use” for material dredged from the Mobile Bay shipping channel.
“What we have is a bill that will clearly define what beneficial use is in the Mobile Bay channel dredging,” Representative Marcus said, explaining the…
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