GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 



SESSION 1999 



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BILL DRAFT ERCOO-SG/RTZ-006 . 04 (5.9) 

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ATTENTION; This is a draft and is not ready for introduction. 



Short Title: Add. Notice/Mining Permit Application. (Public) 



Sponsors : 



Referred to; 



1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 



2 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL NOTICE OF AN APPLICATION FOR A 



3 PERMIT UNDER THE MINING ACT OF 1971, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE 



4 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMISSION. 



5 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 



6 Section 1. G.S. 74-50 reads as rewritten: 



7 "§ 74-50. Permits — General. (a) No operator shall engage in 



8 mining without having first obtained from the Department an 



9 operating permit that covers the affected land and that has not 



10 been terminated, revoked, suspended for the period in question, 



11 or otherwise become invalid. An operating permit may be modified 



12 from time to time to include land neighboring the affected land, 



13 in accordance with procedures set forth in G.S. 74-52. A 



14 separate permit shall be required for each mining operation that 



15 is not on land neighboring a mining operation for which the 



16 operator has a valid permit. 



17 (b) As used in this subsection, 'land adjoining' means any 



18 parcel or tract of land that is not owned in whole or in part by 



