House Bill 421

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Last Action recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Title AN ACT relating to intrastate coal use.
Bill Documents Bill
Bill Request Number 1378
Sponsors J. Gooch Jr., B. Waide, A. Wuchner
Summary of Original Version Create new sections of subchapter 16 of KRS Chapter 224 to exempt coal mines and coal alteration facilities that mine or alter coal in Kentucky for use exclusively within the Commonwealth from requirements of the Clean Water Act; declare authority for the Act; define terms; name the cabinet as the principal regulator of business activity relating to the mining or alteration of coal within the Commonwealth; direct the cabinet to certify coal mines and alteration facilities that produce or alter coal in Kentucky for use exclusively within the Commonwealth; direct the cabinet to keep coal samples from mines and alteration facilities to verify that Kentucky is the origin of the coal produced or altered; declare that United States Environmental Protection Agency lacks authority to deny operation permits for certified coal mines or alteration facilities that make products that do not travel in interstate commerce; limit the application of the Act to the issuance of permits of operation required under the Clean Water Act.
Index Headings of Original Version Coal - Coal produced or altered for intrastate use, exemptions from Clean Water Act for
Environment and Conservation - Coal produced or altered for intrastate use, exemptions from Clean Water Act for
Federal Laws and Regulations - Coal produced or altered for intrastate use, exemptions from Clean Water Act for
Minerals and Mining - Coal produced or altered for intrastate use, exemptions from Clean Water Act for
Proposed Amendments House Floor Amendment 1

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02/09/11
  • introduced in House
02/10/11
  • to Natural Resources & Environment (H)
02/14/11
  • posted in committee
02/17/11
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
02/18/11
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
  • floor amendment (1) filed
02/24/11
  • recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor J. Wayne
Summary Require the cabinet when discharging its duties under the section to give due regard to maintaining waters for the protection of aquatic life, recreational uses, and withdrawal of waters for public water supply, agricultural, industrial, and other purposes.
Index Headings Coal - Coal produced or altered for intrastate use, exemptions from Clean Water Act for
Environment and Conservation - Coal produced or altered for intrastate use, exemptions from Clean Water Act for
Federal Laws and Regulations - Coal produced or altered for intrastate use, exemptions from Clean Water Act for
Minerals and Mining - Coal produced or altered for intrastate use, exemptions from Clean Water Act for

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