H.R. 844 · 116th Congress
Industrial Mineral Parity Act of 2019
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Bob Gibbs
- Introduced
- 2019-01-29
- Latest action
- 2019-02-07 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Summary
Industrial Mineral Parity Act of 2019
This bill allows industrial mineral remining operations to obtain modified permits under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System to discharge certain pollutants into waters of the United States if pollution treatment requirements are met. The term industrial minerals means limestone, clay, sand, gravel, diatomite, kaolin, bentonite, silica, barite, gypsum, or talc. Currently, modified permits are limited to discharges from coal remining operations.