The bills filed in the 2013 Virginia General Assembly session that have
been tagged with "uranium".
Uranium; establishes 3 percent state severance tax on receipts of any severed from earth in State. (SB919)
State severance tax; uranium. Establishes a three percent state severance
tax on the gross receipts of any uranium severed from the earth in the
Commonwealth. One-half of the proceeds of the tax shall be deposited in the
general fund of the Commonwealth. The other half of the proceeds shall be
deposited into an Economic Development and Environmental Trust Fund established
for each locality from which uranium is mined. Each locality's fund would be
administered by a board appointed by the governing body of the locality.Status:
Impact statement from TAX (SB919)
Uranium; establishes three percent state severance tax on gross receipts of any from State. (HB1804)
State severance tax; uranium. Establishes a three percent state severance
tax on the gross receipts of any uranium severed from the earth in the
Commonwealth. One-half of the proceeds of the tax shall be deposited in the
general fund of the Commonwealth. The other half of the proceeds shall be
distributed to the locality from which the uranium was severed.Status: Impact
statement from TAX (HB1804)
Uranium mining; penalties. (HB2330)
Uranium mining; penalties. Establishes a process for the Department of
Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) to issue permits for the mining of uranium
ore. DMME, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality,
Department of Health, State Corporation Commission, Department of Conservation
and Recreation, Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of Historic
Resources, and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, is required to
adopt regulations governing uranium mining. DMME shall not accept an application
for a uranium mining permit from an applicant unless the applicant had a valid
permit for uranium exploration on July 1, 2013. DMME shall not accept an
application for a permit to mine uranium at a location more than 10 miles from
an area for which a uranium exploration permit was in effect on January 1, 2012.
Permit holders are required to pay application fees and annual fees, which shall
be sufficient to defray the costs of administering the uranium mining program.
The measure establishes the Uranium Administrative Fund, Uranium Response Fund,
and Long-Term Monitoring Fund, which will be funded by fees assessed on
permittees. A permittee that violates a permit condition or provision of law or
regulation may be subject to civil penalties. A person who conducts uranium
mining without a permit, violates a condition of a permit, fails to comply with
a regulation or order, makes certain false statements, violates recordkeeping
requirements, or impedes the DMME in its performance of duties is subject to
criminal penalties. A uranium mining permit shall not be issued to an applicant
unless the applicant is licensed by the State Corporation Commission as a
uranium development corporation, the requirements for which are established by
this measure. The Commission is authorized to suspend a uranium development
license if it finds that a licensee is not in compliance with financial
responsibility requirements or if it receives notice of a determination by an
agency that an operation is being conducted in violation of a permit or license.
The Commission may revoke a uranium development license if it finds by clear and
convincing evidence that the license holder has failed to correct a condition
for which its license was suspended or has committed other specified
acts.Status: Committee
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This is likely to be a hot issue during the 2013 Legislative Session. As of noon on 1/7/2013, there do not appear to be any bills submitted concerning removing the ban on uranium mining. So, in preparation, we offer you these news links:
From Existing Virginia Codes:
- 32.1-227 (show hits) ..Definitions.. (5)
- 45.1-273 (show hits) ..Definitions.. (1)
- 45.1-278 (show hits) ..Developing exploration hole as water well.. (1)
- 45.1-283 (show hits) ..Uranium mining permit applications; when accepted; uranium mining deemed to have.. (5)
- 45.1-285 (show hits) ..Confidentiality of logs, surveys and reports.. (2)
- 45.1-361.1 (show hits) ..Definitions.. (1)
The most likely target of any proposed legislation
is:
| § 45.1-283. Uranium mining permit applications; when
accepted; uranium mining deemed to have significant effect on
surface.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, permit applications
for uranium mining shall not be accepted by any agency of the
Commonwealth prior to July 1, 1984, and until a program for
permitting uranium mining is established by statute. For the purpose of
construing § 45.1-180 (a), uranium mining shall be deemed to have a
significant effect on the surface.(1982, c. 269; 1983, c. 3.) http://www.lwv-va.org/news/?page_id=328 |
