SB3828 - Tennessee: Mining And Quarrying

Companion Bill HB3995. Mining and Quarrying - Includes limestone, dimension stone, marble, and chert in the definition of mineral for purposes of the surface mining law, requires restoration of trails and notification of operations, and makes technical changes to definitions. - Amends TCA Title 59 and Title 69. Fiscal Summary for *SB3828 / HB3995Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB3828 / HB3995 This bill revises various portions of the Tennessee Mineral Surface Mining Law of 1972, as follows: (1) This bill expands the application of the Mineral Surface Mining Law to limestone, marble, chert, and dimension stone. The present law provisions do not apply to limestone, coal, marble, chert, or dimension stone or, in Shelby County only, to gravel or sand. (2) This bill substitutes the water quality control [...]

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