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Committee advances bill to align state mining litigation language with federal guidance
Summary
House Bill 419, presented by Representative Jack with testimony from Nick Thomas of the Division of Oil, Gas and Mining, would reinsert language into state law to maintain federal primacy for mining-related reclamation programs after a change in Office of Surface Mining guidance; the committee passed the bill by voice vote.
Representative Jack and Nick Thomas, director of the Division of Oil, Gas and Mining, presented House Bill 419 to adjust statutory language that interacts with federal Office of Surface Mining requirements. The sponsor said the state previously removed words to comply with the outgoing federal administration’s rules and now must restore language…
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