Mountaintop mining ban could meet federal standards
The state attorney general says revisions to a bill to ban most mountaintop removal mining in Tennessee could allow the proposal to meet federal requirements.
Under the new version of the bill, coal mining would be banned within 100 feet of rivers and streams or if it at the age ridgelines elevations above 2000 feet.
Attorney General Bob Cooper says in a legal opinion released on Wednesday the proposal would be similar to South Dakota’s ban on mining on lands considered “special” or “exceptional”.
Cooper says that North Carolina also has rules against mining which violates water quality standards or has an adverse effect on public parks, forests or recreational areas.
A vote on the bill sponsored by Raymond Finney, a Republican Maryville, which delayed for at least another week in the Senate Environment and Conservation Committee.
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