Industrial Mineral Parity Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 2/7/2019
Actions
- 2019-02-07Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- 2019-01-29Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- 2019-01-29Introduced in House
- 2019-01-29Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-01-29 (00)
Industrial Mineral Parity Act of 2019
This bill allows industrial mineral remining operations to obtain modified permits under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System to discharge certain pollutants into waters of the United States if pollution treatment requirements are met. The term industrial minerals means limestone, clay, sand, gravel, diatomite, kaolin, bentonite, silica, barite, gypsum, or talc. Currently, modified permits are limited to discharges from coal remining operations.
Subjects
- Coal
- Licensing and registrations
- Mining
- Water quality
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