Mines And Mining
Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program; created. [SB-1229]
Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program created. Repeals both the Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program and the Biofuels Production Incentive Grant Program to create a program that provides financial incentives to companies that manufacture or assemble equipment, systems, or products used to produce renewable or nuclear energy, or products used for energy conservation, storage, or grid efficiency purposes. To be eligible for a grant, the manufacturer must make a capital investment greater than $50 million and create
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Senate: Incorporated By Finance (sb1360-stosch) (14-y 0-n) on 01/25/2011
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Virginia Coal Employment and Production Incentive Tax Credit; extends sunset provision. [SB-1111]
Virginia Coal Employment and Production Incentive Tax Credit. Extends from July 1, 2011, to July 1, 2016, the sunset date for the redemption or refund provision of the tax credit, which would allow a person with an economic interest in coal to redeem with the Tax Commissioner that portion of the tax credit that exceeds the person's tax liability.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Wampler
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0294) on 03/18/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Coal surface mining operations; authority to issue pollutant discharge elimination permits. [SB-1025]
Coal surface mining operations; national pollutant discharge elimination system permits. Clarifies that the authority to issue pollutant discharge elimination system permits for coal surface mining operations has been delegated by the State Water Control Board to the Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy. The Director, by examining the available and relevant data, shall determine whether a discharge may cause or contribute to an instream excursion above the narrative or numeric criteria of a water quality standard. If a total
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Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Puckett
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0290) on 03/18/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Income tax, state; mine inspection tax credit. [HB-2518]
Income tax; mine inspection tax credit. Provides an income tax credit to mine operators for personnel expenses incurred when providing employees to accompany or assist a mine inspector or delegate of the Secretary of Labor during mine inspections or reviews.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Bell
House: Left In Finance on 02/08/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Workers' compensation coverage; revises requirements for determining coal worker's pneumoconiosis. [HB-2477]
Workers' compensation coverage; pneumoconiosis. Deletes the requirement that the 1980 standard of the International Labour Office Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconiosis be used in determining coal worker's pneumoconiosis, and requires that the current ILO Classification of Radiographs of the Pneumoconiosis be used.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Morefield
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0513) on 03/24/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Coal Mine Safety Act; updated to reflect current federal law and industry standards, penalty. [HB-2471]
Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy; Coal Mine Safety Act; penalty. Updates the Coal Mine Safety Act to reflect current federal law and industry standards. The changes include expanded safety and emergency response plans; circuitry, voltage, and grounding requirements; and a penalty for any person who provides false information during investigations by the Chief of the Division of Mines of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Poindexter
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0826) on 04/06/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Renewable energy portfolio standard program; coalbed methane gas. [HB-2446]
Renewable energy portfolio standard program. Provides that an investor-owned electric utility will receive (i) double credit toward meeting the goals of the renewable energy portfolio standard program for energy from biomass or waste-to-energy; (ii) triple credit toward such goals for energy from sunlight; and (iii) quadruple credit toward such goals for energy from sunlight if the facility is located in Virginia and the majority of the products used to generate the energy are manufactured or assembled in the United States.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
Senate: Passed By Indefinitely In Commerce And Labor With Letter (15-y 0-n) on 02/21/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program; created. [HB-2316]
Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program created. Repeals the Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program effective July 1, 2013, and the Biofuels Production Incentive Grant Program effective July 1, 2017, to create a program that provides financial incentives to companies that manufacture or assemble equipment, systems, or products used to produce renewable or nuclear energy, or products used for energy conservation, storage, or grid efficiency purposes. To be eligible for a grant, the manufacturer must make a capital investment
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0815) on 04/06/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Electric generation facilities; incentives for construction of using coalbed methane gas. [HB-2237]
Electric utility ratemaking incentives; coalbed methane gas. Authorizes investor-owned electric utilities to earn an enhanced rate of return, equal to 150 basis points above the authorized rate of return, on their investments in generation facilities that are fired at least 50 percent by coalbed methane gas produced from Virginia wells.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0371) on 03/22/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Coalbed methane gas; conflicting claims to ownership. [HB-2181]
Coalbed methane gas; conflicting claims to ownership. Provides that, in order to establish a conflicting claim to the ownership of coalbed methane gas, a claimant who is not the surface owner must submit the document by which the interest in coalbed methane gas was severed from the surface estate and identify with specificity the writing that conveys such interest. Pursuant to statutory and case law, the Gas and Oil Board may not find a conflicting claim to the ownership to coalbed methane gas pursuant if the claimant fails to show a severance of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Kilgore
House: Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/08/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Coal surface mining operations; authority to issue pollutant discharge elimination permits. [HB-2123]
Coal surface mining operations; national pollutant discharge elimination system permits. Clarifies that the authority to issue pollutant discharge elimination system permits for coal surface mining operations has been delegated by the State Water Control Board to the Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy. The Director, by examining the available and relevant data, shall determine whether a discharge may cause or contribute to an instream excursion above the narrative or numeric criteria of a water quality standard. If a total
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Poindexter
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0252) on 03/18/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Property conveyances; broadens statutory for ownership of space opened underground by coal removal. [HB-1988]
Property conveyances; mineral mining; ownership of underground void. Provides that, unless expressly excepted by the instrument creating an interest in a coal mineral estate, the owner or the lessee of coal retains the right to any coal remaining in place after the removal of surrounding coal, as well as the shell, container chamber, passage, space and void opened underground that was created by the removal of the coal. Such void opened underground may be used by the owner or lessee for any purpose in the furtherance of removal of coal. The bill
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Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Kilgore
Senate: Passed By Indefinitely In Agriculture, Conservation And Natural Resources (15-y 0-n) on 02/21/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Fund; created. [HB-1037]
Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program. Repeals the Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program and creates a program to provide financial incentives to companies that manufacture or assemble equipment, systems, or products used to produce renewable energy, nuclear energy, or energy efficiency products. To be eligible for a grant, the manufacturer must make a capital investment greater than $50 million and create at least 200 full-time jobs. The program would be managed by the Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
House: Left In Appropriations on 12/02/2010
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Utah 2010 General Session
Mineral Rights Clarification [SB-228]
Mineral Rights Clarification
Sponsored by: Sen. Margaret Dayton Bill Numbered By Title Without Any Substance In Lrgc on 02/05/2010
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Utah 2010 General Session
Surety Requirements for Mining [SB-164]
Surety Requirements for Mining
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Duckworth
House/ To Senate In Ssec on 03/11/2010
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Utah 2010 General Session
Surface Owner Protection Act [HB-309]
Surface Owner Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. John Mathis
House/ Strike Enacting Clause In Hfile on 03/11/2010
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Utah 2010 General Session
Repeal of Sales and Use Tax Exemption Relating to Mining [HB-203]
Repeal of Sales and Use Tax Exemption Relating to Mining
Sponsored by: Rep. Christine Watkins
House/ 1st Reading (introduced) In Hstrul on 01/25/2010
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Alabama Regular Session 2010
Alabama Coal Mine Safety Law of 1975, state mining laws extensively revised to modernize and supplemented to comply with federal law to enhance mining safety, Secs. 25-9-31, 25-9-32, 25-9-217, 25-9-380, 25-9-400 to 25-9-407, inclusive, added; Secs. 25-9-7, 25-9-9, 25-9-20, 25-9-22, 25-9-24, 25-9-40, 25-9-60, 25-9-61, 25-9-67, 25-9-80, 25-9-81, 25-9-82, 25-9-83, 25-9-86, 25-9-88, 25-9-131, 25-9-132, 25-9-133, 25-9-210, 25-9-216, 25-9-273, 25-9-276, 25-9-277, 25-9-278, 25-9-279, 25-9-280, 25-9-282, 25-9-360, 25-9-361 am'd.; Secs. 25-9-87, 25-9-153 repealed [SB-362]
Alabama Coal Mine Safety Law of 1975, state mining laws extensively revised to modernize and supplemented to comply with federal law to enhance mining safety, Secs. 25-9-31, 25-9-32, 25-9-217, 25-9-380, 25-9-400 to 25-9-407, inclusive, added; Secs. 25-9-7, 25-9-9, 25-9-20, 25-9-22, 25-9-24, 25-9-40, 25-9-60, 25-9-61, 25-9-67, 25-9-80, 25-9-81, 25-9-82, 25-9-83, 25-9-86, 25-9-88, 25-9-131, 25-9-132, 25-9-133, 25-9-210, 25-9-216, 25-9-273, 25-9-276, 25-9-277, 25-9-278, 25-9-279, 25-9-280, 25-9-282, 25-9-360, 25-9-361 am'd.; Secs. 25-9-87, 25-9-153
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bobby Singleton
Indefinitely Postponed on 04/14/2010
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Alabama Regular Session 2010
Lewis Smith Lake, surface coal mining operations prohibited within certain distance of, area of protection extended, Sec. 9-16-96 am'd. [SB-296]
Lewis Smith Lake, surface coal mining operations prohibited within certain distance of, area of protection extended, Sec. 9-16-96 am'd.
Sponsored by: Sen. Zeb Little
Indefinitely Postponed on 04/14/2010
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Alabama Regular Session 2010
Alabama Coal Mine Safety Law of 1975, state mining laws extensively revised to modernize and supplemented to comply with federal law to enhance mining safety, Secs. 25-9-31, 25-9-32, 25-9-217, 25-9-380, 25-9-400 to 25-9-407, inclusive, added; Secs. 25-9-7, 25-9-9, 25-9-20, 25-9-22, 25-9-24, 25-9-40, 25-9-60, 25-9-61, 25-9-67, 25-9-80, 25-9-81, 25-9-82, 25-9-83, 25-9-86, 25-9-88, 25-9-131, 25-9-132, 25-9-133, 25-9-210, 25-9-216, 25-9-273, 25-9-276, 25-9-277, 25-9-278, 25-9-279, 25-9-280, 25-9-282, 25-9-360, 25-9-361 am'd.; Secs. 25-9-87, 25-9-153 repealed [HB-579]
Alabama Coal Mine Safety Law of 1975, state mining laws extensively revised to modernize and supplemented to comply with federal law to enhance mining safety, Secs. 25-9-31, 25-9-32, 25-9-217, 25-9-380, 25-9-400 to 25-9-407, inclusive, added; Secs. 25-9-7, 25-9-9, 25-9-20, 25-9-22, 25-9-24, 25-9-40, 25-9-60, 25-9-61, 25-9-67, 25-9-80, 25-9-81, 25-9-82, 25-9-83, 25-9-86, 25-9-88, 25-9-131, 25-9-132, 25-9-133, 25-9-210, 25-9-216, 25-9-273, 25-9-276, 25-9-277, 25-9-278, 25-9-279, 25-9-280, 25-9-282, 25-9-360, 25-9-361 am'd.; Secs. 25-9-87, 25-9-153
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Rogers
Read For The First Time And Referred To The House Of Representatives Committee On Commerce on 02/16/2010