WV HB5047 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-23 - To House Energy and Manufacturing
Pending: House Energy and Manufacturing Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

The purpose of this bill is to implement changes in the West Virginia Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act recommended by the West Virginia Legislature's Post Audit Division to facilitate compliance with state and federal mining and reclamation laws to assure that bonding and reclamation requirements are adequate to assure that post mining reclamation is completed and paid for by coal mining operators and does not become a financial liability to state taxpayers; requiring greater review of stability of special reclamation fund; revising bonding requirements to require the bond be set for actual reclamation costs; providing conditions upon bonding companies to assure viability of the special reclamation fund; requiring coordination between the Tax Department and the Department of Environmental Projection to assure accuracy in reporting and correct payments into the surface mining special reclamation fund; and requiring that mining operations keep payments to the special reclamation fund current as a condition for receiving and retaining a mining permit.

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Title

Amending surface mining reclamation requirements

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History

DateChamberAction
2024-01-23HouseTo House Energy and Manufacturing
2024-01-23HouseIntroduced in House
2024-01-23HouseTo Energy and Manufacturing then Finance
2024-01-23HouseFiled for introduction

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Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
22117Amended CodeCitation Text
22311Amended CodeCitation Text

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