Kentucky House Bill 152 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-01-05 - to Natural Resources & Environment (H)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [PDF]

Amend KRS 350.450 to require coal mine permittees for all types of mining practices to dispose of remaining overburden in the mined area, areas under the abandoned mine land program, or areas approved by the Energy and Environment Cabinet; require use of lifts and compacted fills; prohibit disposal of overburden in streams; amend KRS 350.440 to prohibit disposal of spoil or overburden in intermittent, perennial, and ephemeral streams or other waters of the Commonwealth; prescribe areas where spoil may be disposed of; amend KRS 350.410 to make internal reference corrections and specify that restoration to approximate original contour includes configuration and elevation of the area prior to mining; require disposal of remaining overburden in the mined area, areas under the abandoned mine land program, or areas approved by the cabinet, and the use of lifts and compacted fills; prohibit depositing overburden in streams.

AN ACT relating to surface mining.

Rep. Jim Wayne [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-05	House	to Natural Resources & Environment (H)
2016-01-05	House	introduced in House
2015-12-11	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB152.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB152/bill.doc
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB152/bill.pdf