- Type
- HAMDT
- Number
- 563
- Purpose
- Amendment, as amended, sought to modify provisions relating to coal, oil and gas development. It would have: (1) provided incentives for the remining of coal from abandoned mines and refuse piles; (2) required mining companies to provide compensation for damage caused by mine cave-ins or ground sinking, and replace contaminated local water supplies; (3) permitted the use of Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund monies to suppress underground coal fires; (4) required the Department of the Interior to consider market demand, as well as competition in the coal industry, prior to issuing federal coal leases; (5) established dispute resolution procedures for certain oil shale claims; and (6) required the Bureau of Mines to develop a health, safety and mining technology research program.
- Congress
- 102
- Update Date
- Jul 10, 2021
- Description
- An amendment, as amended, to modify several provisions of the bill relating to coal, oil and gas development. The amendment would also provide incentives for the remining of coal from abandoned mines and refuse piles; direct the Office of Surface Mining to issue regulations requiring mining companies to provide compensation for damage caused by mine cave-ins or ground sinking, and replace contaminated local water supplies; permit the use of Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund monies to suppress underground coal fires; require the Department of the Interior to consider market demand, as well as competition in the coal industry, prior to issuing federal coal leases; establish dispute resolution procedures for certain oil shale claims; require the Bureau of Mines to develop a health, safety and mining technology research program. Provisions permitting oil and gas leasing on Naval Oil Shalre Reserve lands in Colorado were deleted by the Mavroules amendment.