To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow for modified permits for industrial minerals remining operations, and for other purposes.

United States115th CongressHR-4628House of Representatives
Updated: Dec 13, 2017

Summary

Industrial Mineral Parity Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allow for modified permits for industrial minerals remining operations. The term "industrial minerals" means limestone, clay, sand, gravel, diatomite, kaolin, bentonite, silica, barite, gypsum, or talc. To qualify for a modified permit, an industrial minerals remining operation must occur at a site on which coal mining was conducted before the effective date of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.

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Timeline

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

    House of Representatives

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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