FINAL BILL REPORT

                  ESB 6635

                           C 70 L 96

                      Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Concerning application permits for small public works projects mines.

Sponsors:  Senators Morton and Drew.

Senate Committee on Natural Resources

House Committee on Natural Resources

Background:  Small counties operating portable rock crushers and small mining sites are concerned that the fees established by the Department of Natural Resources for permits and reclamation plans are too great a cost.

Summary:  Mining fees for public works projects with less than seven acres of disturbed area per mine are waived when they are primarily used for a public works project if the mines are owned and primarily operated by counties with a 1993 population of less than 20,000 persons.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate    48 0

House     96 0

Effective:  June 6, 1996