RICHMOND, Va. — The Tazewell County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution Tuesday night, opposing a bill introduced this term in the Virginia General Assembly that would prohibit surface mining in the Commonwealth of Virginia unless coal mine operators can demonstrate that the overburden removed in the mining process won’t be disposed in and intermittent, perennial or ephemeral stream.
“Senator (Phillip P.) Puckett, (D-Russell) has had many calls and e-mails on this bill,” David Larimer, Puckett’s aide said. “The Virginia Coal Association is opposed to the bill and said it would be devastating to coal mining in southwestern Virginia.”
The bill — SB 664 — has been referred to the Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee — a committee that Puckett serves on. “The senator is looking forward to voting against the bill,” Larimer said.
For more on this story, and other news, see Thursday’s edition of the Daily Telegraph.
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February 3, 2010
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