Georgia House bill in Session 1033.
Status: in_committee. Latest action: February 24, 2025.
Natural Resources, Department of; five-year moratorium on acceptance of applications for new or requests to modify existing permits; provisions.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to surface mining, so as to provide for a five-year moratorium on the acceptance of applications for new permits and the acceptance of requests to modify existing permits by the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources to expand the area of land affected by surface mining operations on Trail Ridge; to provide a definition; to provide exemptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-20 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-02-24 | Status | in_committee |
| 2025-02-24 | Latest Action | House Second Readers |