HB 245 (BR 1036) - P. Marcotte, C. Walton
AN ACT relating to mining.
Create a new section of KRS 350.010 to KRS 350.275 to require the cabinet to review and to approve or deny the transportation impact plan; permit the cabinet to deny, revoke or suspend a permit to strip or steep slope coal mine based on the disapproval of the transportation plan; amend KRS 350.062 to require an applicant for a strip or steep slope permit to mine any mineral except coal to submit a transportation impact plan to the cabinet and to demonstrate that increased truck traffic from the mining operation shall not pose a danger to the safety of passenger traffic on public roads or degrade ambient air quality from fugitive dust or spillage from hauling trucks.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 12-to Transportation (H)