Sen. Kyle McCarter

Filed: 5/17/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2187

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2187 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
5 5-1131 as follows:
 
6     (55 ILCS 5/5-1131 new)
7     Sec. 5-1131. Longwall coal mining. Notwithstanding any
8 provision of law to the contrary, no person or entity may
9 conduct or engage in longwall coal mining in Bond County or
10 Madison County before (i) the completion of an environmental
11 impact study and (ii) the county board enacts an ordinance
12 approving the use of longwall coal mining. For the purposes of
13 this Section, "longwall coal mining" means mining done under
14 hydraulic roof supports or shields that are advanced as the
15 seam is cut, in which a cutting head moves back and forth
16 across a panel of coal, where the cut coal falls onto a

 

 

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1 flexible conveyor for removal and the roof in the mined out
2 areas falls as the supports or shields advance.".