Virginia House Bill 2330 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 18 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-05 - Left in Commerce and Labor
Pending: House Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Uranium mining; penalties. Establishes a process for the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) to issue permits for the mining of uranium ore. DMME, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Health, State Corporation Commission, Department of Conservation and Recreation, Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of Historic Resources, and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, is required to adopt regulations governing uranium mining. DMME shall not accept an application for a uranium mining permit from an applicant unless the applicant had a valid permit for uranium exploration on July 1, 2013. DMME shall not accept an application for a permit to mine uranium at a location more than 10 miles from an area for which a uranium exploration permit was in effect on January 1, 2012. Permit holders are required to pay application fees and annual fees, which shall be sufficient to defray the costs of administering the uranium mining program. The measure establishes the Uranium Administrative Fund, Uranium Response Fund, and Long-Term Monitoring Fund, which will be funded by fees assessed on permittees. A permittee that violates a permit condition or provision of law or regulation may be subject to civil penalties. A person who conducts uranium mining without a permit, violates a condition of a permit, fails to comply with a regulation or order, makes certain false statements, violates recordkeeping requirements, or impedes the DMME in its performance of duties is subject to criminal penalties. A uranium mining permit shall not be issued to an applicant unless the applicant is licensed by the State Corporation Commission as a uranium development corporation, the requirements for which are established by this measure. The Commission is authorized to suspend a uranium development license if it finds that a licensee is not in compliance with financial responsibility requirements or if it receives notice of a determination by an agency that an operation is being conducted in violation of a permit or license. The Commission may revoke a uranium development license if it finds by clear and convincing evidence that the license holder has failed to correct a condition for which its license was suspended or has committed other specified acts.

Uranium; establishes process for DMME to issue permits for mining of uranium ore, report.

Del. Jackson Miller [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	House	Left in Commerce and Labor
2013-01-18	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2013-01-18	House	Presented and ordered printed 13103646D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
13	1	1300	(n/a)	See Bill Text
13	1	1313	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	176.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	176.8	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	228.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	248	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	39	(n/a)	See Bill Text
35	1	17.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
45	1	274	(n/a)	See Bill Text
45	1	285.11	(n/a)	See Bill Text
45	1	285.41	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB2330
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB2330+hil