SB-139, a "stream saver" bill, has been assigned to the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee. HB-396, has been introduced in the House with the same basic provisions. In particular, these bills contain provisions requiring overburden to be returned to mined out areas or permitted disposal sites. In particular: "In no event shall overburden be disposed of in an intermittent, perennial, or ephemeral stream or other water of the Commonwealth."
HB-286 relating to professional geologists had its 3rd reading and passed the House 83-13 (as amended by committee substitute). Next stop should be that it is received in the Senate.
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