HB 2350 -- Mining Permits

Sponsor:  Schad

This bill requires the Land Reclamation Commission within the
Department of Natural Resources to deny a surface mining
application if it is incomplete or inaccurate and make the
applicant repeat the entire application process.  If public
utilities are reported in an application, the applicant must
submit a plan specifying safe operations in proximity to the
utility and a plan for remediation if operations disrupt the
utility service.  The commission must permanently deny any
application that fails to report public utilities.

Currently, when the department director deems an application is
complete, the operator must publish a notice of intent to operate
a surface mine in any qualified newspaper in the county.  The
bill requires the notice to be printed and published in the
qualified newspaper with the largest circulation of all qualified
newspapers in the immediate area of the proposed mining
operation.  If no such newspaper is available, the notice must be
published in a qualified newspaper in the county of the proposed
mining operation.  In addition to the information currently
required, the notice must also include the name or number of the
nearest public road, directions to the property from the nearest
intersection of public roads, and a statement identifying the
site as a new site or an expansion of an existing site.

No permit application in which the mine plan calls for blasting
may be approved until the department director, or his or her
designee, holds a public meeting with an opportunity to comment
on the permit request.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:13 pm