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• When the mining industry struggles, every Iron Range community feels it.
• /c><00:15:34.720> Iron mining industry struggles, every Iron mining industry struggles, every
• The Iron Range has done mining responsibly for generations since the 1880s.
• The Iron Range has done mining responsibly for generations since the 1880s.
• Uh, the Iron Range, obviously, we've had conversations about mining. You've heard testimony.

Bills: HF3393

Keywords: unemployment insurance, iron ore mining, additional benefits, labor force, economic support, 1183, house

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• Minnesota is a labor state, from the mines on the Iron Range to the meatpacking plants in Worthington
• Minnesota is a labor state, from the mines on the Iron Range to the meatpacking plants in Worthington
• mines on the Iron labor state from the mines on the Iron Range<00:40:16.319> to<00:40:16.520><
• He said the future of mining, the future of iron ore, and the future of the Iron Range are in this committee's
• He said the future of mining, the future of iron ore, and the future of the Iron Range are in this committee's

Bills: HF3023, HF3078, HF107, HF2171, HF3079, HF689, HF1316

Keywords: unemployment benefits, iron ore mining, economic support, workforce development, Minnesota, unemployment insurance, deferred resignation, employment, worker rights, benefits eligibility, Ellsworth Independent School District, ISD 514, school construction, school renovation, sales tax exemption, use tax refund, construction materials, HVAC replacement, boiler replacement, window replacement

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• that progressives do or or Democrats do that progressives do or or Democrats do that making<00:15
• <00:53:08.240> traffic<00:53:08.559> or of cars in a community or traffic or of cars
• product that might be an automobile or product that might be an automobile or or<01:02:01.280>
• He said the mines are the Minorca mine in Virginia and the Hibbing Taconite mine in Hibbing.
• or the cost goes rates or like a premium or the cost goes back<01:14:50.080> to<01:14:50.239>

Bills: HF2300, HF2432, HF2445, HF2443, HF2439, HF3023, HF1615, HF2563

Keywords: HF2432, judiciary finance bill, public safety finance bill, corrections policy, crime victims, victim services, Minnesota victims of crime account, court fees, marriage license fee, financial crimes, fraud investigations, insurance fraud, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, Commerce Fraud Bureau, wage theft, automobile theft prevention, nonprofit security grants, 911 funding, POST Board

Bills: SB154, SB362, SB544, SB714

Keywords: conservation, water management, Colorado River, environment, sustainability, mining, federal minerals, Bull Mountains, Montana, coal, land management, environmental impact, mining regulation, hardrock mining, land use, environmental protection, Abandoned Hardrock Mine Fund, critical minerals, energy regulation, material designation

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• <00:04:52.560> or student, that a staff person or or student, that a staff person or or someone
• 6 years after mine. 6 years after mine.
• authority um or in a position of power. authority um or in a position of power.
• > mine.
• Hibbing Taconite mine.

Bills: HF3489, HF3393, HF3785, SF856, HF4006, HF4615, HF3919, HF4591, HF3682, HF4240

Keywords: grooming, child protection, student safety, sexual exploitation, educator licensing, teacher discipline, mandatory reporting, mandated reporter training, school misconduct, predatory offender, child abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, position of authority, school employee, school administrator, license revocation, license suspension

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• And a couple of those, just as examples, would be clean fuels or electrification, or potential land use
• We'll start on the side or whether or not to go first.
• We'll start on the side or whether or not to go first.
• Certainly, Chair, cause death or if the other testifiers can proceed to testify or table speed it up,
• We don't have hospitals or homes.

Bills: HF4807

Keywords: overweight vehicles, aggregate mining, local ordinance restrictions, legislative audit, transportation, resource inventory

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• SB 1146 will allow operators to assist in plugging or replugging orphaned wells without assuming the
• Currently, an operator whose lease or mineral estate on which an orphaned well is located would have
• Or pay a well plugger approved by the railroad commission to plug or replug a well without taking on
• A well plugger who enters into a contract to plug or replug an orphaned well would be required to mail
• To do so within 30 days and then plug or replug the well in accordance with Railroad Commission rules

Bills: SB 1150, SB 763, SB 1061, SB 1146, SB 1198

Keywords: concrete plants, environmental regulation, permit process, air quality, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, SB 1061, uranium mining, production area authorization, TCEQ, Water Code, groundwater, groundwater conservation district, restoration table value, restoration values, contested case hearing, Chapter 2001, mineral rights, surface owners, notice requirements, environmental permitting

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• of the mine.
• within a mine.
• Or how would you describe the mines exacerbating the problem? Again, at risk of oversimplification.
• mining operation made it worse?
• Or how would you describe the mines exacerbating the problem?

Bills: SB66, SB79, SB108

Keywords: environment, cleanup, contamination, uranium mining, abandoned sites, state funding, mosquito control, public health, surveillance, prevention funds, local government grants, food security, agriculture, food bank, regional program, appropriation, 996, all

Bills: SB 2188, SB 2230, SB 1763, SB 879, SB 1147

Keywords: education, funding, state budget, public schools, school choice, geothermal energy, environmental regulation, Railroad Commission of Texas, closed-loop systems, energy production, regulatory exemption, mining, interstate compact, Texas, natural resources, state withdrawal

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• that or or have the funds available to make sure those Right and that's what we're trying to address.
• I mean, we can have the conversation without the commissioners. determine that or whether or not, as
• not it be a railroad commissioner or whether or not it be an appointed body. the Rio Grande Commission
• And so we have to determine when a standard changes or if a standard changes at the federal level, or
• This permit determines pre-mining low and high. values of groundwater quality to measure post mining

Bills: SB1150, SB763, SB1061, SB1146, SB1198, HB279, HB310

Keywords: concrete plants, environmental regulation, permit process, air quality, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, SB 1061, uranium mining, production area authorization, TCEQ, Water Code, groundwater, groundwater conservation district, restoration table value, restoration values, contested case hearing, Chapter 2001, mineral rights, surface owners, notice requirements, environmental permitting

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• the state to prioritize and eventually plug a problematic orphan well with allocated public funding. or
• well and the associated liability and plug it themselves before producing nearby wells. 19 gas lease or
• Railroad Commission or pay a well plugger approved by the Railroad Commission to plug or replug a well
• A well plugger who enters into a contract to plug or re-plug an orphaned well would be required to mail
• Is there anyone else who would like to testify for, on, or against Senate Bill 1144?

Bills: SB1150, SB763, SB1061, SB1146, SB1198, HB279, HB310

Keywords: concrete plants, environmental regulation, permit process, air quality, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, SB 1061, uranium mining, production area authorization, TCEQ, Water Code, groundwater, groundwater conservation district, restoration table value, restoration values, contested case hearing, Chapter 2001, mineral rights, surface owners, notice requirements, environmental permitting

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• gas, or gas at our facility including a well. disposal or injection site, a pipeline facility, or a
• surface mining site.
• and that then has resulted in some issue or repair or damage.
• We don't want them to hurt or damage waterlines. or sewer lines.
• or the Panhandle. or South Texas.

Bills: HB206, HB 1285, HB1335, HJR107, HB206

Keywords: pipeline, construction, cash bond, county authority, local government, HB 1285, Railroad Commission of Texas, RRC, drones, unmanned aircraft, UAS, drone inspections, oil and gas, pipeline inspection, surface mining, well sites, tank batteries, disposal wells, injection sites, natural resources

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• Senate Bill 226 is a uranium mine cleanup bill.
• It is near Old Chertrak Mine. Sorry.
• I have supported uranium mine cleanup as a county commissioner.
• Navajo people worked in those mines.
• We'll go to questions or comments from the audience.

Bills: SB201, SB226, SB242, SB249

Keywords: rural libraries, education, cultural funding, library services, community resources, contaminated sites, environmental cleanup, uranium mining, state funding, abandoned sites, tribal affairs, Indian Child Welfare Act, appropriation, children, youth, compliance, field liaison, Indigenous rights, missing persons, law enforcement

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• attorney from the Sunset Committee to see that this is something that can be put in a Sunset bill, or
• So, I think this is one of the ones that is reviewed, or if I remember correctly, the board members are
• And I think there will be either an amendment or a substitute on the floor for this one bill. >> All
• a<00:11:34.720> substitute<00:11:35.200> on<00:11:35.360> the an amendment or
• a substitute on the an amendment or a substitute on the floor<00:11:35.680> for<00:11:35.920>

Bills: SB89, SB54, SB127, SB128, SB77, SB78, SB100, SB101, SB102, SB103, SB113, SB126, SB122, SB136

Keywords: pilotage, commission, statewide laws, maritime regulation, repeal, sunset law, Alabama Surface Mining Commission, environmental regulation, mining, state commission, Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling, state agency, continuous operation, government efficiency, sickle cell disease, healthcare, regulatory commission, public health, 911 services, 911 Board

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• or businesses that have free Wi Fi.
• or, you know, to go back, so you would have a, a record of exactly what it is or refute what it is that
• It might be a city hall or a library.
• The majority of water districts do not have their own staff, offices or buildings or facilities for meetings
• , you know, record you and the audio directly into your hard drive or a USB drive or a thumb drive or

Bills: HB 279, HB 310, HB 365, HB 391, HB 420, HB 422, HB 638

Keywords: HB 279, uranium mining, uranium permit, production area authorization, production zone, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, contested case hearing, administrative hearing, groundwater restoration, groundwater baseline, water quality, mining permit, restoration values, natural resources, environmental regulation, in-situ uranium mining, permit amendment, public hearing

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• Decorum outbursts or vocal displays of support or opposition from visitors in the audience are prohibited
• I work with fire districts as well. or an ESD is or any of that kind of stuff.
• two or three hours.
• post-mining.
• McAllen, Abilene, or Pasadena.

Bills: HB279, HB310, HB365, HB391, HB420, HB422, HB638, HB279, HB310

Keywords: HB 279, uranium mining, uranium permit, production area authorization, production zone, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, contested case hearing, administrative hearing, groundwater restoration, groundwater baseline, water quality, mining permit, restoration values, natural resources, environmental regulation, in-situ uranium mining, permit amendment, public hearing

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• There's a long drive to go to someone's office or home.
• or businesses that have free Wi-Fi.
• It's really easy to set up an iPad or a phone.
• The majority of water districts do not have their own staff, offices, or buildings. or facilities for
• , you know, record you and the audio directly into your hard drive or a USB drive or a thumb drive or

Bills: HB279, HB310, HB365, HB391, HB420, HB422, HB638, HB279, HB310

Keywords: HB 279, uranium mining, uranium permit, production area authorization, production zone, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, contested case hearing, administrative hearing, groundwater restoration, groundwater baseline, water quality, mining permit, restoration values, natural resources, environmental regulation, in-situ uranium mining, permit amendment, public hearing

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• I'm sure most of you have been to a football stadium, or a game or an event.
• Chair and members, by way of background, statute allows an owner or operator of an aggregate mining facility
• , or displayed within at least one-half mile radius of the aggregate mining operation.
• trust, are the property of the owner or the operator of the exploration operations and mining units.
• The property of the owner or the operator of the exploration operations and mining units may be applied

Bills: HB2014, HB2031, HB2078, HB2102, HB2103, HB2117, HB2261, HB2262, HB2264, HB2278, HB2428, HB2494, HB2756, HB2758, HB2762, HB2782, HB2932, HB2933, HB2986

Keywords: air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, water rights, groundwater, Willcox, active management area, certificate of grandfathered rights, Arizona legislature, aggregate mining, reclamation plans, environmental protection, public safety, land use, domestic water, improvement district, water delivery, water hauling

Summary: The committee began with an informational presentation from Gordon Shemp of Nemecu Analytics on Arizona transportation fuel supply and pricing. He explained that Arizona sits at the end of the pipeline system, relies on limited terminal inventories, and can experience only about a seven-day fuel supply if pipelines are disrupted. He attributed recent price spikes to constrained pipeline capacity, Kinder Morgan pressure reductions after PHMSA anomaly reviews, and recovering demand, and he also discussed California refinery closures, increased imports from overseas, and proposed new pipeline capacity into Phoenix from the east. Committee members asked about fuel formulations and pipeline logistics, and Shemp said the proposed project would not change fuel specifications, only transport capacity. The committee then took up House Bill 2758, which would allow eligible entities in La Paz County’s McMullen Valley groundwater basin to transport groundwater to AMAs under specified limits and conditions, with related provisions on fees, districts, and water improvement programs. Supporters, including Stan Barnes, Jim Downing, and Barry Arons, argued the bill follows the Harquahala model, provides needed augmentation for urban Arizona, and includes local benefits and guardrails. Opponents, including La Paz County Supervisor Holly Irwin, Devonna Sater, and Ed Curry, said the bill would worsen groundwater decline, subsidence, and well failures in Salome and Wenden and favored outside investors over rural residents. After debate, the committee approved HB 2758 on a 4-3 vote. The committee also heard and advanced several other water-related bills. HB 2031, extending the deadline to apply for grandfathered groundwater rights in the Wilcox AMA from 15 to 27 months, passed 5-2 after some members said the extension was unnecessary and would delay protections. HB 2102, allowing county improvement districts in subsequent AMAs or groundwater transportation basins to use eminent domain for a well and standpipe site and water hauling, passed 4-3 after Sierra Club testimony called it a limited “band-aid” rather than a real solution. HB 2103, which would let water improvement programs accept gifts and dedicate groundwater transportation fee revenue to local residential water hauling and delivery, also passed 4-3. HB 2117, a technical cleanup bill shifting Environmental Special Plate Fund administration to the Natural Resource Conservation Board and raising education-center distributions from $5,000 to $10,000, passed 5-2 despite concerns about the fund’s administration. The committee then considered HB 2261, which changes agricultural property tax terminology and valuation rules. County assessors and the Arizona Association of Counties opposed it, warning it would effectively exempt many agricultural improvements from taxation and shift costs to residential taxpayers; the Arizona Farm Bureau supported it as a clarification that would provide certainty for agriculture. The bill passed 4-3. Finally, HB 2262, transferring the Resource Analysis Division from the State Land Department to the Arizona Geological Survey and revising geospatial advisory responsibilities, was introduced, with State Land Department staff saying they were neutral but noting the bill would need clearer statutory duties if RAD is removed.

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• But anything in addition to an accessorial charge operational costs like speakers or lights or anything
• Site preparation, construction, or is this all inclusive for everything, or what is the timeline?
• In that appropriation over there, or how would that get added to it, or is it in HB 2?
• The ones who didn't transfer, we went into either Border Patrol Police Academies or Fire Academies or
• Or do we change the. Structure.

Bills: SB194, SB200, SB203, SB204, SJR3

Keywords: appropriation, higher education, sports facilities, community college, Luna Community College, KANW, educational radio, rural news, public education, funding, education, documentary, historical figure, Padre Antonio Jose Martinez, cultural heritage, research funding, federal funding, New Mexico, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University

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• Are they using textbooks, books, or reading on screens? There's a lot of brain issues involved.
• Is there any opposition on Zoom or in our room for House Memorial 2? Opposition?
• Is there any possibility or any way that this study would also look into maybe materials used in other
• And I'm in support of this bill, or this memorial. Thank you. All right.
• Is there any opposition on Zoom or in the audience to House Memorial 16?

Bills: SB194, SB200, SB203, SB204, SJR3

Keywords: appropriation, higher education, sports facilities, community college, Luna Community College, KANW, educational radio, rural news, public education, funding, education, documentary, historical figure, Padre Antonio Jose Martinez, cultural heritage, research funding, federal funding, New Mexico, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University