Introduced
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To revise terms used in a state regulatory regime that applies to “metallic mineral” mines so that it instead applies to mining for “ferrous” or iron-bearing minerals. According to the House Fiscal Agency, this would "effectively allow the Department of Environmental Quality to eliminate any oversight programs for nonmetallic mines such as the Nonmetallic Mine Reclamation Program".
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
Passed in the House 70 to 37 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Amendment offered
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To clarify a reference to another statute the bill would repeal.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 27 to 11 (details)
To revise terms used in a state regulatory regime that applies to “metallic mineral” mines so that it instead applies to mining for “ferrous” or iron-bearing minerals. According to the House Fiscal Agency, this would "effectively allow the Department of Environmental Quality to eliminate any oversight programs for nonmetallic mines such as the Nonmetallic Mine Reclamation Program".
Passed in the House 72 to 35 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.
